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Essay on My Idiolect

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During the span of my life till today, I have experienced many circumstances which has shaped the way I think and my overall personality and morals, these have structured my idiolect in today’s society, there are many influences in my life that have shaped me, such as my family, culture, friends and media (internet or TV) . Although I am immerse by my upbringing and I am greatly influenced by the family, neighbors and friends, I also inculcate my own experiences and actions in life. Such as trying to adapt to situations to suit others. I feel that along side with media and culture it boils down to the main question: Do I change my language to adapt to its circumstances or speak to please people happy? And why do I do this?
As a teenager …show more content…

My dear, how are you? Just to avoid putting her in an embarrassing situation I would reply “ Asam borom” and would give a cheesy grin making her feel I am a good conversant. i spoke Konkani to maintain my ego and being looked upon as a foreigner, I had to remain loyal to my mothers tongue. However I found that when I came to england, some goan people took more of a westernized way of life rather than holding on to their roots. However I preferred having two tongues rather than one because If I didn’t know how to speak Konkani I would have been humiliated and ashamed in my birth place by speaking a different language I would have found it extremely difficult to even shop in goa ,because most of the local shopkeepers proudly speak Konkani( being not thought the English language) . I have realized whilst I am in goa on a holiday ,my senses

immediately codeswitch to my mother tongue, so I can communicate easily and maintain my cultural identity. I consider myself as a Goan living in England, I speak English with others because for one: they wont understand konkani for it is a foreign language and is a dialect. Another reason may be that speaking Konkani around different cultures may be rude and make others around feel that I am backbiting about them. However I do try and speak with very few people but only feel when it is really necessary, you could say I speak konglish which is a mixture of

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