Dialect continuum

Over the years language has had a change in the way we speak. Slang has become one of the most popular forms of the way we communicate. Slang is often used when people are among their friends or other social groups. To understand slang, you have to begin with understanding language. Understanding slang involves the understanding of the English language, how it has changed, and what slang is. John Algeo wrote that English came from the same ancestor as German. This dates back to the fifth…

Multilingualism varieties Social interaction is a process that mainly involves communication and virtually all human communication requires more or less the use of language. Bolaño, S. (1982). Introducción a la teoría y práctica de la sociolingüística. México, DF. Ed: Trillas. In this research paper i will show the importance of the language, for example English idiom as a part of how the language can open barriers, so I search on internet the benefits of English nowadays, I found some…

1- In the article “the nomads of language” the author Ariel Dorfman claims that people from Colombian villages took their ancestors’ bones as a reminder of their history and to remain connected to the people who generated them. Until now people when they migrate, they could take their family pictures with them. According to Dorfman, not all people carry their ancestors’ bones to the new land, but all of them carry their own language to the migrant country. Language conveys people’s history,…

If I were about to granted another chance to rewrite my memoir, I would definitely do so. Down here would be my rewritten version of my memoir, which was corrected directly from my original one. There was an old saying: “There are no two identical leaves in the world," but I asked myself: "Why so? What were their differences? Was it color, size, or shape? Despite their differences, I believed each of them had own life, in which was different from others because of the effect of environment. For…

What was the most challenging thing you have ever done in your life? For some people it’s moving to the new place, for others to go to school. My journey started from the most important test for international students – TOEFL test. If you want to study at a university or find a job abroad, you need to pass the TOEFL test (Test of English as a Foreign Language). This test measures the ability of non-native English speakers to use and understand the English language as it is heard, spoken, read,…

multiple dialects from different cultures are on the same level as bilinguals. This “bidialectal” idea is as simple as one American speaking formal English as well as “ebonics,” the African-American Vernacular English. There are minor differences between the two dialects in pronunciation, word choice, and the style in which you form sentences. To differ from these two and use both in a given conversation increases…

situation is different and not all American people speak the same version of English or the same dialect or accent. There are many dialects spoken over the united states such as African American English and Chicano English and so on. Also, there are narly two million people in America…

Dialects and Accents are terms than can be used to describe different forms of a language. A Dialect is defined as a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. ("Dialect", n.d.) An accent is defined as a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area or social…

Brianna Taylor Professor Hyon Composition I October 12,2016 Why do Languages Die? My first year as a student of KSU, I was told to take the Freshmen Seminar. There were many to choose from politics to culture. However, the one I decided to take was Cultures and Languages. I had always been interested in languages and always wondered why it was one of the most important features to humanity. Around the middle of the semester, me and my classmates were tasked to work in groups to explain the cons…

Language should be defined as any means of communication, whether it be through sounds or gestures, that is understood by humans who have a knowledge of that specific language. While people have various interpretations of what languages are defined as, its main purpose is to communicate. Language allows for people to be creative in conveying their feelings and inner-most thoughts, thus there has been a huge change in the way people speak and write. It is often said that most of what is spoken…