Dialect

between AAE and southern dialects remain. However, each group have selected features that are important, such as maintaining ‘r’ in the North or keeping certain features as a way of preserving history, resulting in different dialect patterns between the North and the South to develop. It is arguable that African American English is a dialect of contemporary American English. While AAE is different and is easily distinguishable from Standard American English, the two dialects still share similarities

“Nobody Mean More to Me than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan” by June Jordan, Jordan demonstrates and confirms that Black English represents African Americans’ identity, and how the language should be taught. June Jordan, examines the black dialect in United States and evaluates the pros and cons that normal language can have on those who speak black english. Jordan believes if that a specific language of a race is not recognized, then the race, identity and authority as a one are ignored. June

Noah Webster Noah Webster, familiar to most Americans as the writer of the first American dictionary, worked as a schoolteacher in the late eighteenth century. As he taught, he came to realize that there were some major problems with the way English was taught in the American schools. The United States of America had recently declared its independence from England, and was struggling to form its own identity. The schools were still using textbooks from England, and these books varied in

but, what is the leading reasoning behind this observable fact? It is a debatable topic once it comes to the role in which social status, gender, age, race, and dialect perform in influencing the growth and transformations within the English language. It is clear, there are correlations between the influence one’s social status, race, dialect, and gender perform. However, one’s social status is the leading influence when it comes to English language disparities. “While the key or macro-level factors

them and for their children. Children will sometimes act as translators for the parents, helping them deal with everyday things from ordering food to speaking with a doctor. After years of listening to their parent’s dialect of English, children often consider their parent’s dialect as a “home” or “maternal” language that will always be close to them. Parents can also face difficulties as immigrants in a foreign country. Often, this will push the children to take advantage of the opportunities that

how it can be used and in what context. There are words such as grouse used mostly in Melbourne as an Aussie slang for good or great that you don’t hear often in Perth or other Australian states. The dialect used in language can be varied but can be understood by many speakers. The most common dialect is the one that is used by the most powerful people and dominant people in that society. This is what would be taught in schools, used in the media and considered the correct English to be spoken and

standard Spanish, standard Mexican Spanish, north Mexican Spanish dialect, Chicano Spanish, Tex-Mex, and pachuco. Her Spanish voice is very important to her in the text you see her speak about her life and how she would use different forms of Spanish. “From los recien llegados, Mexican immigrants, and braceros, I learned the North Mexican dialect. With Mexicans I’ll try to speak either Standard Mexican Spanish or the North Mexican dialect” (Anzaldua page 87). She would pick the best language suited for

The Future of ‘Black English’ and its Academic Impact on African-American Children Introduction Language plays a key role in communication in any society, culture and organization. This medium of social interaction is universal and has been passed down for centuries as a legacy. Therefore, it is imperative that the purity of the language is kept within each framework of heritage. Culture also plays a very important role in the evolution of language. It is the foundation of social engagement and

its lower prestige. A Race/Ethnicity Based Dialect is a characteristics of a particular group of language speakers applying to their speech patterns based on their ethnic/cultural subgroup. An example of race/ethnicity based dialect is standard Australian English. Australian English derived from British English and was recognized as being different from British English in the early 1800s after founding the colony of New South Wales. It is the dialect of Australian-born citizens as well as migrants

Language change happens every day. New words are constantly being added and new dialects are forming. People have always argued about the causes of language change and tried to control the changes that occurred but ultimately they accomplished nothing. Languages changes and spread as a result of the people who use it daily. African American English and California English are both examples of the different ways language can change. People try to resist the changes in their language because they do