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    This assignment will discuss the variation in spoken language‚ such as‚ the difference between accents and dialect. In addition‚ it will explain how some people adapt their accent and dialect depending on different situations. Furthermore‚ this paper will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using accent and dialect and highlights how some people are stereotyped and discriminated by the way they use spoken language. There are many ways to speak English‚ ‘Based on how much the English

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    percentage speaks it very badly. The other 30% of the people‚ which are the remaining 400 million people‚ can not speak it at all. Getting the communist chinese party to push for another linguistic unity will help unite the nation with thousands of dialects and numerous minority languages. This will help the communist party take control over the people and get power. Not only will it make the government stronger‚ but it will also help them communicate with people when they all speak the same language

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    themselves from commoners‚ who were more likely to use colloquialisms in their interactions. Informal vocabulary is used when speaking with friends‚ relatives‚ acquaintance. There are several sub-groups in this group:Colloquial words; slang and dialect words Colloquialisms serve the dual purposes of efficiency and showing familiarity between the speaker and the listener. For example‚ modern speakers of English often use contractions‚ such as "how ’d" in "How ’d you do it?" as a faster way of

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    Dialectal difference between an Louisiana and Nigeria native are distinctively different .The subject I choose to use in my Dialectal difference project focused on an Nigeria‚ Africa native named Odara. She has been in the United States 3 years and our dialects have both similarities and differences. Yoruba is the native language spoke in Nigeria‚ but English is the official language of Nigeria. Yoruba is Odara first language. She described to me speaking English is easy for her because Yoruba consist of

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    nature‚ a country of immigrants. From this diversity and multitude of different backgrounds‚ cultures‚ and regions springs forth dialects and regional accents as varied and different as the people they come from. With all these variations‚ it becomes harder and harder to discern what linguists often refer to as “Standard American”‚ and as time progresses‚ these divergent dialects and accents seem to wear away at the foundations of the English language. The impact of these rogue Englishes can be clearly

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    Helping students to learn what society finds to be the most acceptable form of English – Standard English – is a challenge for every teacher. Particularly when the teacher in question doesn’t want to wipe out the student’s home language or make the student resent the teacher for attempting to wipe out their home language. As Gee said‚ our language or discourse is a part of our identity kit; it is thread in the fabric that composes us as individuals. What Baker referred to as ‘home language’ is

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    as well as towards the dialects of the language they speak. These attitudes are motivated by different factors‚ including pride in or shame regarding one’s own language‚ confidence or embarrassment about how one sounds‚ nationalism and a sense of personal dignity‚ one’s status and values as well as the prestige some languages are given in international interactions. A well known attitude is the desire for foreign speech patterns; another is the rejection of certain dialects. People form impressions

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    originally came together to form the English people and English language? 3. Where did these people come from? 4. What two subsequent invasions added additional words to the evolving English language? ● DIALECTS OF ENGLISH 5. Dialects reflect distinct features of the environment where groups live. Dialects are defined as “regional variations of a language” and are distinguished by three things. List them. 1. 2. 3. 6. Define isogloss. 7. Define standard language. 8. What is the standard language form

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    The Essential Elements in Language and Literacy Curriculum in the Caribbean. Subject: Curriculum Issues in Language Arts Education Curriculum issues in Language Arts Education suggest many things‚ in order to understand the problems we must first grasp the theory of what is language Arts Education. English Language Arts Education incorporates the teaching and learning of reading‚ writing‚ speaking‚ listening‚ and viewing. Integration of language arts occurs in multiple ways. First‚ curriculum

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    experiences travel — he was enthusiastic. "When I travel‚" he said‚ "I always ask myself‚ what do I expect to hear that tells me that I’m not just anyplace?" According to Professor Labov‚ New York City is a natural departure point. The broadest variety of dialects is found on the Eastern Seaboard. "These are the sites of the earliest settlements‚ with the greatest

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