Vanya (Ivan) Mishchenya
1. “How you talk affects your whole life.” Is this true? Make an argument in response to this remark, using specific examples from the textbooks and lecture about the connection between speech and social status. You must be sure to include a discussion of vernacular dialects, standard languages, and the relationship of gender and language.
In this paper, I will make an argument on how true is the statement of “How you talk affect your whole life?” While making the argument, I will provide an example illustrating the connection related to speaking style and social status. Additionally, I will discuss vernacular, dialects, standard languages, and the relationship of gender and language. Overall, I agree with this statement and think ones speaking style has an effect on one's life. A vernacular language is a native language or dialect that is native for some population in some region, and it is different from standard language. A dialect is a form of language that is different but close to some other language. So, why speaking in a particular way affect one life? It is because there are positive and negative associations with different ways of speaking. Before, Italian, Jewish and Irish were not considered “white” and their dialects were viewed as an inferior way …show more content…
One could say this is true because for example research in the United States tell us the middle-class women is more polite and use less slang than men. This is not universal because we have an example from Madagascar. Women there speak in a blunt way while men are using more polite form. Other persecution that women talk to much. Research tell us that this is not true and in public, on average men talk more than women. It is probably due to the persecution that women in public should talk less so even when talking less then men is may sound like they talk a
1. “How you talk affects your whole life.” Is this true? Make an argument in response to this remark, using specific examples from the textbooks and lecture about the connection between speech and social status. You must be sure to include a discussion of vernacular dialects, standard languages, and the relationship of gender and language.
In this paper, I will make an argument on how true is the statement of “How you talk affect your whole life?” While making the argument, I will provide an example illustrating the connection related to speaking style and social status. Additionally, I will discuss vernacular, dialects, standard languages, and the relationship of gender and language. Overall, I agree with this statement and think ones speaking style has an effect on one's life. A vernacular language is a native language or dialect that is native for some population in some region, and it is different from standard language. A dialect is a form of language that is different but close to some other language. So, why speaking in a particular way affect one life? It is because there are positive and negative associations with different ways of speaking. Before, Italian, Jewish and Irish were not considered “white” and their dialects were viewed as an inferior way …show more content…
One could say this is true because for example research in the United States tell us the middle-class women is more polite and use less slang than men. This is not universal because we have an example from Madagascar. Women there speak in a blunt way while men are using more polite form. Other persecution that women talk to much. Research tell us that this is not true and in public, on average men talk more than women. It is probably due to the persecution that women in public should talk less so even when talking less then men is may sound like they talk a