English language and its regional variations A language isn’t the same in every place where it is used. There are many factors that make it contrast with the standard form. The central subject of this essay is thus the regional variation of the English language more precisely in the Asian Continent that is related to the chapter of Crystal (2002: 276 – 280). The English spoken in India will be stressed due to its specific characteristics and importance. Walsh (2001)‚ more than 10 years ago‚
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the English Language in different Parts of the English-Speaking World………………………………………..5 Chapter 1.2 Lexical Differences of Territorial Variants………………….5 Chapter 2 American English....................................................................6 Chapter 3 Canadian‚ Australian and Indian Variants................................8 Chapter 4 Variants and Dialects of the Armenian Languages…….…...8 4.1 Armenian language……………………………………………………..8 4.2Variants of the Armenian Language……………………………………9
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gyung sang region dialect. My dad was born and raised jealla area till he got married so my dad and his all family speak jealla region dialect. These two region dialects have pretty different accents. I speak the standard Korean because I born and raised Seoul. Also‚ since my mom and dad speaks different dialects‚ I am able to speak my parents’ directs consciously. As I grow up‚ I realized that people in these two area have different characteristics in society. That is related to dialect and social prejudice
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Regional accents show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This reading provided an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation‚ deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect‚ of the local variety of Standard English between various populations of native English speakers. Local accents are part of local dialects. Dialects of English have unique features in pronunciation‚ vocabulary‚ and grammar. I have learned that the term "accent"
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of peace values into school curricuhm This chapter focuses on the ways of integrating peace values at the subject content level‚ teaching methods level and subject perspective level. Others levels are discussed elsewhere here. Subject Content Since this handbook is for primary and secondary teachers‚ for convenience’s sake we name here six subjects broadly. Language Studies Social Science Religion Physical Ed. Arts Language includes listening‚ speech‚ reading‚ writing‚ second language and secondary
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The Dialects of American English Before I learn sociolinguistics class‚ I think it is quite difficult to tell what the difference between language and dialect is. But‚ after I had learned I found out that language is something that mankind use to communicate to each other. Language is a big word. It concludes dialect‚ vernacular‚ and so on. Nevertheless‚ dialect is the language that use only in idiolect‚ only use in their group. For me‚ I think that there are many dialects in each country. For
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18 September 2012 Speaking is people’s one of basic functions. Without speaking‚ we cannot communicate with others. Of course‚ there are many languages in the world and even a number of dialects in one country. Those dialects may more and less effect people’s lives and people can gradually know the areas’ backgrounds and cultures throughout the dialects. In China‚ because its 5000-year history‚ from east to west or north to south‚ there are so many different ways to speak in this 9‚600‚000 km2 magic
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Explain the trends of dialect leveling and internal variation in the process of development of new varieties of Englishes. "Dialect differences are reduced as speakers acquire features from other varieties as well as avoid features from their own variety that are somehow different. This may occur over several generations until a stable compromise dialect develops."(Siegel‚ 1997) The writer here is referring the linguistic accommodation made by speakers with different dialects to eventually converge
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Language Variation and Change in Sultanate of Oman Macro-Sociolinguistics Parsa Khan Student ID # 35700-1095 Arabic‚ the sixth largest spoken language in the world‚ which consists of 186‚000‚000 speakers around the globe and being the central language of the Middle East‚ is one of the most significant languages in this century. Sultanate of Oman which is an Arab nation and its national language is standard Arabic may not make up much of those 186‚000‚000 speakers but it surely has and maintains
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Thinking about the subjective nature of language‚ communication reflects cultural values and perspectives. It also creates or reproduces culture by naming and normalizing practices valued by the culture. We develop an appreciation for how people of different generations and cultures have viewed each of these different words and their meanings. Some women may find the term “chick” offensive and prefer to be called a lady. I would assume police officers found the term “pig” to be offensive
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