Dialect

Language: A Political Instrument Language is the inevitable medium that people use as a means of communication. However, how that person uses the language that they have varies from person to person. Some view language as a persuasive political instrument and others view it as a means of expression and empowerment. In the essay “If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?” by James Baldwin, he was able to illustrate the history of the discrimination of language and how black English

sociolinguistics. The term diglossia refers to a situation in which two dialects are used by a single language community. As an aspect of study of the relationships between codes and social structure, diglossia is an important concept in the field of sociolinguistics. At the social level, each of the two dialects has certain spheres of social interaction assigned to it and in the assigned spheres it is the only socially acceptable dialect (with minor exceptions). At the grammatical level, differences may

The primary function of language is to convey ideas from one person to another. The dialect appearance is a typical process of linguistic development. It is natural that varieties of language appear since the process of language usage includes language expansion. Social communities tend to split up into groups, each of them displays differences in behaviour. Language reflects these differences. The reason why dialects come into existence is connected with variety of speakers of that language. Different

When one looks at the text, Riders to the Sea, we see that language be it in any form is essential for an ethnic group or civilisation. Also, as mentioned above in the introduction, a society’s culture would lead to affecting the language and the dialect. This influence only seems to be greater

This relates to the aforementioned dialect image that respondents have in mind. Whether they do it consciously or subconsciously, participants perceive speech that is non-standard to be less prestigious and incorrect. The judgments they make about dialect speakers is based on social stereotypes (Lam and O’Brien 2014: 152). Perceptual dialectology helps to identify these stereotypes and analyze

communicate with others effectively and meaningfully. Language is important in the field of cultural anthropology because it varies from culture to culture as well as within the same culture. Dialects of a culture can allow an anthropologist to identify where an individual or group came from and the reasons why their dialect has formed the way it has. Language gives anthropological researchers the opportunity to study a culture through the variations of sounds and movements the citizens of that culture make

used by different people in various situations. As an aspect of study of the relationships between codes and social structure, diglossia is an important concept in the field of sociolinguistics. The term diglossia refers to a situation in which two dialects are used by a single language community. The Greek word diglossia normally refers to bilingualism in general, but was first used in the specialized meaning explained by Emmanuel Rhoides in the prologue of his Parerga in 1885. The term was immediately

Code-switching use in everyday life and dialects Is there really a correct way to speak in society? Code switching is where you can change the way you would speak and it differ from each situation your in. Saying that the technical way to speak in society eyes is SAE (Standard American English), which is used in the job field and even school. Society eyes would be teachers, language linguist and employers. Some people beg to differ to say SAE is the correct way to speak. Depending on where you

While the origin of the term Yooper is ambiguous, speakers of this sub-dialect sound more like Northern Canadian speakers than English speakers from the Dakotas. Iron-Range English is along the Minnesotan coast of Lake Superior, and developed when the region was mined for iron and taconite. This dialect is heavily influenced by the Scandinavian pitch-accent and the Canadian Raising as well. There are also Midwestern English “dialect islands” – areas settled by

and languages. Eighteen years later, my keenest interests still lay firmly in the Orient; the depth and subtlety of Mandarin, the diversity of dialects, the art of calligraphy and beautiful poetry. I want to learn more about the Middle Kingdom and wave goodbye to Eurocentricity. Learning languages excites me and I thoroughly enjoy linguistics, dialects and localisation. The iconography of Chinese is fascinating and I use mobile apps, computer