Regional Dialects And Socio Cultural Differences

My dialect is unique. You will not hear an accent like it anywhere else. Appalachian dialect is different from a southern accent. I have been made fun of because of the way I talk. I get comments on my accent some of which are verbally whereas some are silent. It can be either be “Aw, your accent it so cute or it can be you’re a hillbilly.”

While growing up, the language spoken in my home was Punjabi, and this was spoken by my whole family, including my parents and grandparents. My parents are from Jalandhar, India and my grandparents are originally from East Pakistan, therefore our dialect of Punjabi is Doabi, which is spoken slightly differently than other dialects. Dialects are variations in language, where speakers can still understand each other. On the other hand, two different languages would be unintelligible. Punjabi is a diverse language, which has various dialects, depending on the city in Punjab one has originated from. I was born in India and lived there for a while until my family moved to Vancouver, when I was two years old.

Mark Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story with the lesson that what goes around comes around. In this short story, which first appeared in 1856 and his first successful story, Twain uses local customs of the time, dialect, and examples of social status in his story to create a realistic view of the region in which the story takes place. The way that the characters behave is very distinctive. Dialect is also used to give the reader a convincing impression of the setting in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". The social status of the main characters in this story also was something that

     Although the dialect by itself does not seem to be an important quality, however, “when it is presented with all dramatic skill”, it is important (Barksdale 3). In “Mother to Son”, Hughes uses dialect to show that the mother is not as well educated as many people. When she says phrases such as “For I’se still goin’, honey,” it is understood that she means that she is still going,

The English language is universal. It has very set rules, forms and functions. The Chicano language at best represents a personal story, a private communication that is not understandable or even acceptable by non-chicanos.

In Richard Rodriguez’s article Private Language, Public Language Rodriguez uses his introduction to language to show the difference, to him, between his home language, of Spanish, and that of what he considers public, that of English. Language as he says is separated by “Just opening or closing the screen door,” it was the difference between being home in his own language and being in the world of the gringos, or white English speaking person.

Standard and working class English from school, media and job situations (Anzaldúa 472). Anzaldúa compares and contrasts the languages that her culture speaks and where they originate and how she learned them. Pachuco is a rebellion language; it consists of slang words from both English and Spanish. It becomes hard for Anzaldúa to fully take pride in her, not until she takes pride of her language. She has to fully accept her identity of Chicano Texas Spanish, and all the other languages she speaks. The Chicana language she associates herself in combines all the languages others speak; the Chicano language is really a mutilation of Spanish.

The language accent in Mexican people has a particular significance. The accent comes with stress. The Mexican Citizens put effort to learn English as a second language. However, it’s understandable that the accent of an American won’t be the same. As another person who comes from outside of the United States, An Example; in the play “Los Vendidos” Valdez talks about the multiple stereotypes of Mexican

My first language learned and spoken at home was spanish. Although us Salvadorians speak spanish we say and pronounce certain words differently. It?s almost like the difference between the American and British english. We speak spanish but have different words which sometimes causes confusion to other spanish speakers. I remembered one day me and my mexican friend were talking about her upcoming quinceanera. I remember telling her, ?It?s going to be so much fun learning the dance moves for the special dance! Although I bet some of the bichos are going to be messing around and acting immature?. The confusing in her face after hearing me say that was priceless and I couldn?t help but burst out laughing. ?Did you just call the boys insects??, she

The only difference is certain words have different meanings or even different ways of being said. For example, my mother who is Salvadorian says the words Arroz con frijoles (rice and beans), dulce (candy), guisquil (Chayote), camarones (shrimp), tortillas con frijoles (Tortillas with beans). My father who is Honduran would (respectfully) say casa miento, confite, pataste, canchi, gambas, baleadas. Due to the fact that Latinos have different meanings, I have to be careful about what I say or how I saw it because it can come off

“The history of more than fifty million Latinos in the United States is your history too,” Suarez stated in his book. His argument was that no matter how you see it, the Latin culture is part of your life in the US no matter what ethnicity you are. He wrote this book to let his readers learn and know about the Latino history in the territories, where it is now considered as California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. Suarez wants his readers to know that the Spanish culture has been in those areas ever since the people of Mexico City traveled North in search for gold. He reveals this by stating that the first language heard in those territories was Spanish and the earliest land titles were granted to Spanish families (Suarez). Some Americans may not believe the fact about Spain owning part of the land; however, there is evidence that supports that fact. There are literally signs around California, Texas, and etc. that demonstrates the Spanish language. Suarez states that “more Americans unwittingly speak Spanish every day, heading into a Luby’s luncheonette in El Paso, ‘the pass,’ sitting in traffic in San Diego, ‘Saint James’...” (Suarez).

The great characteristics of Maine’s dialects had been clearly discussed in the Dialect Project 1 such as rich vocabularies, various syntaxes, different morphologies, and unique lexicon. However, the main goal of this project is to explore those previously explained concepts to see how Maine’s dialects are received such as negative or positive, inaccurate or not, too exaggerate or too simple, and how various ways of linguistics are presented in real life situations. Speaking of phonology, the descriptions of words are exactly what explained in the Dialect Project 1, which is there are many words are being pronounced with the Ah sound like the pronunciation of the word “father.” Moreover, there are different words but have the same pronunciations in Maine’s dialects. Beyond this similarity, the other thing seems inaccurate is the pronunciation of the letter R. The demonstration of this project will demonstrate that the word R is pronounced very soft and less stressed. Syntactically, the word order, phrases or idioms in Maine’s dialects are very broad, rich, and its ridiculous meaning might make people confuse sometimes. Last but not least is the variation lexicon that some words are written in SAE, but the meaning is slightly different overall.

If you are a Spanish speaker who speak both English and Spanish, you code switch back when talking to Spanish speakers not continue to talk in English. Sadly, a lot of standard English speaking Black people don’t do that. They might use AAVE words to sound cool while still using Standard English

Among the most important concepts to emerge are those relating to dialects and language standards. Sociolinguists have documented the presence of dialects in every language. These dialects, all of which are legitimate, are associated with educational, economic, social and historical conditions. Hence, even if an individual scrupulously studies all the possible dictionaries of a random language, he would still be somewhat of a stranger to that language since he is unaware of all the dialectal changes.

Non-standard dialects are regarded with contempt, mistreated as improper forms of a language. Linguists and researchers reported that speakers of minor varieties seem to form negative attitudes towards their culture, rating their own varieties badly and lacking respect for them (Lambert et al., 1960; Genesee & Holobow, 1989, as cited in Campbell-Kibler, 2011). With the fear of being prejudged, speakers of other dialects begin to feel inferior about their vernacular dialect and start to use the variety with higher status when they are surrounded by outsiders and they would employ their dialect again only if they are with their tribes (Petyt,