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    Sociolinguistics And Situation Varied Language Sociolinguistics is the study of how language serves and is shaped by the social nature of human beings. In its broadest conception‚ sociolinguistics analyzes the many and diverse ways in which language and society entwine. This vast field of inquiry requires and combines insights from a number of disciplines‚ including linguistics‚ sociology‚ psychology and anthropology. Language Variation Before we review various aspects of language variation

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    school; - Language use in the classroom; patterns of interaction‚ gender and cultural differences; - Language use in a multilingual classroom; - Teachers’ attitudes to pupils’ (non-standard) language. Although the presentation should be in English you may well want to investigate the use of Dutch or other languages in your research. You may also need to use Dutch sources. Alternative Assignment : Essay (1000-1500 words) on ONE of the following essay questions • ‘A language is a dialect

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    the time of great changes on Scottish political and cultural scene. Period that preceded it was influenced mainly by the Reformation and the Union of the Crowns in 1603‚ having as a consequence the growing tendency of Scottish writers to write in English‚ pushing the Scottish literary language aside until it disappeared. However‚ after 1707 it was brought back to life‚ to reach its peak in Robert Burns’ poetry. The Union of Parliaments in 1707 resulted in the end of the Scottish Parliament’s existence

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    Test to Chapter Five and Six of Sociolinguistic 1. What is the stating point or base for Sociolinguistic study? Sociolingustic study is the base for people to use language in a social norm‚ and because of language‚ they (people) can interact and communicate with each other. From this point of view‚ we can see that the starting point for Sociolingustic study are language‚ people‚ social norm‚ interaction and communication. 2. Why it is said that language is both an individual possession

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    Entry Number: 7 Page Number: p. 227- 228 Incident Summary: Richard was in the elevator one morning were Shorty was working‚ and Shorty really needed a quarter to buy his lunch. A white man who also worked in the building walked into the elevator and waited for Shorty to be taken to his floor. And Shorty kept asking him for a quarter and he kept saying no and threatened him if he didn’t do his job. And what was about to happen next‚ Richard will never forget. Shorty bent over and told the white

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    In the essay “If Black English Isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is?”‚ James Baldwin argues that languages evolve based on the environments in which they are spoken. Baldwin claims that‚ “people evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances [...] [People from different regions] are not saying‚ and cannot be saying‚ the same things: They each have very different realities to articulate” (1). Essentially‚ people’s environments play a large role in the way they speak

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    The following essay If Black English Isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is? Written by American Novelist (1979) James Baldwin addresses the debate about Black English. Baldwin’s piece first appeared in the New York Times during an era when Americans fueled over the validity of Black English. In his piece‚ Baldwin argues that white Americans opposition towards Black English‚ a birthed language‚ is due to their lack of understanding the language and failure to realize its reality. White Americans

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    If Black English isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is? In his article "If Black English isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is?"‚ published in the New York Times on July 29‚ 1979‚ James Baldwin challenges the contemporary assumption among speakers of standard American English that the way black people speak is uneducated and therefore black children should be forced to speak "proper English". He argues that rather than labelling Black English as a low register variety of "proper English"‚ people

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    some of which were tales of dragons and wizards. I reluctantly picked one up‚ intimidated by the words on the pages‚ and began to read. At the time‚ I didn’t realize just how important those books would be. Recently‚ I read Richard Wright’s Black Boy in English class. Wright writes about his troubled upbringing

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    Vernacular Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston‚ the spoken words of the characters are often simple and rough. Hurston uses vernacular dialect in order to preserve the culture of southern blacks in the early twentieth century. The author’s use of dialect in the novel demonstrates the difference between Janie’s relationship with Jody and Janie’s relationship with Tea Cake. When Janie is married to Jody‚ few conversations between

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