Differences Between Language And English Language

A family is not only a place full of love and happiness, but also a place where mistakes can be tolerated. Maybe there is something verbally communicated wrong between family members, but the family members these communication are common between families speaking more than two languages. If family members are close enough these miscommunication are not shameful. Amy Tan, the author of Mother Tongue and Saying Thanks To My Ghosts, talks about Tan and her mother have a good communication mode, and also have a good relationship. They care about each other, and love each other also help each other no matter what. Tan lies to her mother and gives her the answers which she wants to hear in order to keep her happy; helping her mother negotiate with

Thomas and Cao wrote this article specifically for parents and families that have language separation through generations. Both

The English language is considered one of the global languages. It is spoken in many countries and is well-known everywhere. But do you ever wonder how many obstacles people face when they speak English as a second language? Or when they speak with an accent or use black vernacular language? In United States (US) people glorify Standard American English (SAE), and it used as a tool to discriminate and oppress. In the Article “8 Harmful Example of Standard American English Privilege”, Hernandez (2015) states that:

On October 22, 2014, Raffaella Zanuttini’s essay, “Our Language Prejudices Don’t Make No Sense,” was published in Pacific Standard magazine. This work was written to draw attention to the false assumptions made about different varieties of the English language. Zanuttini starts her essay by considering, “There are some things you just don’t say in a polite society” (173). With this statement, she is referring to the ridicule made on different varieties of language. Zanuttini offers a few examples of judgements people often make, negative concord demonstrating one of them. Negative concord is a part of the Russian language and many others, but in today’s English, those who speak with negative concord occupy a low position on the socioeconomic scale. Zanuttini then introduces an argument in which people believe the language they speak is inferior. The English language has many recipes and according to Zanuttini, these different variations can be associated with age, ethnic or social identity, and geographical location. Although, there is a prestige language that should be used for business matters. As a final remark, she describes how different varieties of the same language should be viewed. Zanuttini indicates different dialects are like bread. No bread is better than any other, but for certain purposes, different breads should be used. Just like bread, no variation of language should be judged.

It is fairly evident that to succeed in any society, one must be able to communicate clearly and eloquently. It’s like the musician that transmits that certain vibe when you hear him/her. This musician has practiced and studied music so as to master it and perform to the best of his/her ability. If we want to communicate to our best, we must also strive to perfect and master our language skills. But we are not going to do it in a tongue that the “public” is not familiar with, you will be driving the wrong way on a very fast one way highway, and find yourself in an accident of a sort.

In society the way one express themselves is an imperative part of the way they are perceived. For instance, an immigrant student could be the smartest person in the classroom but most likely other students may perceive them as less intelligence because of their limited language. I experience this personally because my mother has a heavy accent and speak in simple English and people are often shock that she can read and write English at an adult level.

It is beautiful to see how language has different interpretations. It can be a different language from half way around the world or it can be a dialect. It can be an accent or a more loosened form of English. It is used every day, becoming a tool for growth and before people know it, it becomes this soul tweaking tool that raises and composes a personality and identity within a culture and family. As esteemed novelist and writer Amy Tan describes in her essay,Mother Tongue, it is “the language spoken in the family, especially in immigrant families which are more insular, plays a large role in shaping the language of the child” (181). Growing up

In “Different Language: Current Views of Disadvantaged Speech” Edwards writes about the differences in speech between people from the middle class versus those of disadvantaged backgrounds. The key points he touches on are that no way of speaking and/or language is superior to the other, and that the way a person speaks does not reflect the person’s intellectual capacity. Edwards points out that many intellectuals believe some languages and/or ways of speaking are superior to the others, because society promotes middle class culture. Therefore, it is believed that everybody should speak with the vocabulary and/or grammar used by the people in the middle class. Having a biased view on language and/or grammar can really influence a linguists

Parents have the most significant effect on their child's life. Several aspects of a person's character stem from the actions of their parents. Some of these being: habits, mannerisms, preferences, and dialects. This is because children spend the majority of their cognitive development time with their parents. This could be as simple as a toddler repeating a swear word they heard their father say when he bumped his shin on the table or as dangerous as children who recreationally use illicit substances because their parents see no issue with it.

Parentese is, in its simplest sense described by ParentingPassage.com, a way where parents over exaggerate words to babies, often also heightening pitch and even throwing in a few goofy facial expressions to attract even more attention. Along with their grabbed attention is how they slowly understand social cues.

However, “...father- child differences in values may be more strongly associated with family and child adjustment than mother-child differences,” (Relations...Parent-Child – pg 14.) Since fathers are typically the head of the house, especially in many Asian immigrant families, they are the ones to enforce the rules and punish the child or children. This leaves no question that a child, especially one trying to find themselves, will rebel against their rule making strict father; creating a strain in the relationship with their father who can't seem to understand the child's rebellion toward him, his rules, and their culture. Along with problems any family could go through, “Language barriers may present concrete obstacles to effective communication, which may increase the likelihood of intense conflict,” (Relations...Parent-Child – pg 3.) When growing up in America, English is the language taught in schools and spoken pretty much everywhere. This serves as a problem for immigrant parents that have children who pick up English faster than their native tongue. This causes a strain in parent-child communication. However this is not the only problem with communication.

One’s culture is an important aspect to take into account when identifying why people communicate the way they do. “Culture means shared norms, values, and beliefs related to how people live and how people communicate” (Stewart, 2002, p. 25). People learn how to communicate from the people they are raised by and spend their time with, they adapt their ways of speaking, values, possibly even their attire. Specifically, “what it means to belong to a culture is to communicate in certain ways—to use certain expressions that members of other cultures don’t use, to prefer certain kinds of meetings, to honor certain styles of speaking, to maintain certain distances, to touch in certain ways, and so on” (Stewart,

Different people talk differently. There are studies that show how different races and culture talk differently and apply language in a different way.

Through my influences in America, English has been absorbed so much into my culture that it is literally second nature. Although I had one thing form of dialect that ultimately put me from the “salmon” of the group: Russian. It wasn’t obvious at first to my fellow scholars and teachers, but at the moment they found out that I was of Russian descent, I was known as the “Russian.” The language of my culture can put people in a daze as I announce simple phrase such as, “How are you doing?” Given that my dialect is incommensurable from the majority, I have never been sheepish to the fact that I speak distinctively than others. Like many others, I am in fact proud of this distinctiveness as it portrays my characteristics as a person, so I embrace it to the highest of my ability, and it becomes interesting to talk about to Americans, or should I say talk to as they always ask me to say something in

A couple of months ago I was with my friend and I noticed the way he talked to his parents, it is very different than how I would