The Misconceptions: The Phonological System Of Spanish

I now speak English and Spanish because I managed to keep my first language. I had bilingual classes up to fifth grade. Because my parents did not speak a word of English, I had to translate for them regularly, which was also a way to practice my English

I attended the Required Live Class for Unit 1 on Jun 23 from 6-7pm. My teacher was Erin Melo and we reviewed major concepts of Spanish I and II. Together, we went over reflexive verbs, differences between ser and estar, saber vs. conocer, preterite, imperfect, por vs. para, and gustar. Something new that Mrs. Melo taught me is the acronym HOGSWEAT (Habitual, Ongoing, Growing up, Setting the scene, Weather, Emotions, Age and Time), where each letter stands for a use of the imperfect. This is going to help me a lot, especially since I’m unfamiliar with the imperfect tense. She also reviewed the use of reflexive terms, which was very beneficial to me. I was also confused on differentiating saber between conocer and she explicitly explained when

Speech-language pathologists rely on the descriptions of diverse variations to provide differential diagnoses. Therefore, eight Spanish-speaking countries were reviewed to summarize the theories on the origins of Spanish in the new world and present the phonological variations. The author found that the Spanish variations were not comprehensive. However, a large portion of the variations included substitutions with a small number of ommisions and additions. This findings support the need to examine language diversity more in depth (Martinez,

Chicano Spanish differs much from Standard Spanish as it is a combination of both Spanish and English. The language usses additional syllables, anglicisms, different pronunciations, and omits many Spanish terms. For its differences the language viewed as lesser than. “It is illegitimate, a bastard language”(Anzaldua 81). As a result of the judgment placed on her language, Anzaldua was made to believe that the Spanish she spoke was “poor” Spanish. “In childhood we are told that our language is wrong. Repeated attacks on our tongue diminish our sense of self” (Anzaldua 81). The belittlement of her tongue affected her emotionally and knocked down her self-confidence. She as well explains the negative relationship between Latinas and Chicanas due to the harsh view of Chicano Spanish. “If a person, Chicana or Latina, has a low estimation of my native tongue, she also has a low estimation of me“(Anzaldua 82). In an attempt to avoid judgement, English is spoken instead. Linguistic terrorism and diminishment of a language psychologically and emotionally effects the people whom the language belongs to. They feel unable to carry a sense of self and know shame rather than pride. “….I am my language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself” (Anzaldua 82).

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

Write down some examples of this concept. Notable, some examples of this could include the words like Ay te watcho, which means I’ll be watching you, chante, meaning shanty, daime means dime, brecas means breaks, bote means jail, and ganga means gang (Vigil 220). Furthermore, “In Texas there evolved a Tex-Mex argot, often created by adding a Spanish sound at the beginning or end of an English word (cookiar, watchiar, parkiar, marketa, and so on)” (Vigil 220). Indeed, that is extremely interesting that the languages were combined, I feel like sometimes in America people will try to imitate another language by combining it with the English language.

This is shown by the different manner and circumstances when the Americans chose to speak spanish. For example Sully often spoke Spanish only in anger of as a method to intimidate the crew. He said “We have laws. Comprendé?” “Sí” said Nayeli (247 BN) this struck fear in the crew when the only spanish word spoken was to emphasize the point and as a fear tactic to challenge and ensures the crew follow the laws. In contrast the use of spanish in conversation and not only one word demonstrates courtesy and the desire to communicate versus just enforce rules. “Pérdon?” “Ud. me está mirando? he said, in spanish “Sí” she said “Porqué?” he asked “It’s your skin…” she said “It’s...beautiful” He laughed, out loud. (155 BN) The man uses spanish is not showing use in a forceful way as he speaks in full sentences and not just in one

Anyone who studies Spanish will tell you it is an interesting foreign language. Not only because of the sound of it, pronunciations and the articulation but also because it is new to them. Spanish people do not study Spanish if they already know it. However, Spanish like other foreign languages has advantages and effects that are desirable and essential to a learner that one dare not ignore. Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the entire world. It has millions of native speakers and more in different continents.

Both languages are found throughout the essay and there is no attempt made on Anzaldua’s part to translate the Spanish parts of the essay for the English

The theories learned from communications classes can be applied in everyday life. They can especially be applied to films. Films are the outlets of human communication –mimicking life. The film that we will be examining and applying theories to is Spanglish. The film was written and directed by James L. Brooks and was released in December, 2004. The tagline “a comedy with a language all its own,” (IMDb) truly describes the motion picture.

Also, the “th” sound, like in there, is pronounced more like a “d” sound, and the “z” sound used in the case of many “s” like in flies is pronounced like the soft “s” in fuss. Many vowels are pronounced differently as well. Some examples of this include the “uh” sound like for the “a” in lagoon being closer to the sound for “a” in hat, the “i” sound in consider pronounced more like an “ee” sound like in seed, the somewhat flat “a” in candy is pronounced like the “a” in ask, today becomes tooday. Other specifics in Chicano pronunciation include the “s” being omitted from plurals (“three month” instead of the Standard English “three months”), and omission of a consonant for certain words with no separation between consonants, as with the “t” and “n” in lightning (in this case, the first consonant is not pronounced, so it becomes lighning), the “t” in slept, which becomes slep. This last case, combined with the pronunciation of “o” as “oo,” makes for some more noticeable changes like couldn’t to cooden, because the “t” sound is left off (second consonant in a row is omitted) and the “o” is pronounced as a full vowel “oo” like in food.

In spanish plurals end es, as, or os in English most end in s, es, or ies.

Spanish verbs irregular in the present tense! ! Stem-Changing Verbs Ending in -ar and -er! ! e → ie -ar o → ue -er pensar - to think!

Catalán. Gallego. Latin American Spanish. Currently there are countless regional variations of the Spanish Castilian language; likewise quite strikingly similar to the regional dialects of English in the United States. According to (Altalang.com) Andalusian, a dialect of Castilian is the second most popular spoken throughout the region of Spain. It is also known to be the most recognizable dialect and has expanded to the Canary Islands as well as in Latin America. This modern day Spanish dialect developed from the merciless pursuit of power from the Islamic presence throughout the Iberian Peninsula as well as from Northern Africa; resulting in the Islamic Empire(shown in image 1). Those who were known as Moors resided in Andalusia, and their

Phonetics is the study of speech sounds and everything can be measured in phonetics. “The science of phonetics attempts to describe all of the sounds used in all languages” (Fromkin, 2014, p.192). Articulatory, acoustic, and auditory are all part of speech sounds. Articulatory phonetics is the way that sounds of language are produced through the vocal tract. Acoustic phonetics is how sound waves of the sounds that we make, and auditory phonetics is the sound waves that are received when we hear sounds. Orthography is the way that words are spelled and not necessarily how they are pronounced. In orthography, there can be many words spelled different, but the sounds may sound the same. The sound of these letters can all