Dialect continuum

of a stuffy dead man in tights but rather the musings and music of a man in his time unafraid to use the vulgarities, vagarities, and languages of his era to create popular art". Through Shakespeare, Marshall was inspired to combine the different dialects he heard with his own poetry and rap. Lastly, for Gloria Anzaldua, language enabled her to include her Chicano culture into her classroom. Anzaldua was a professor and a teacher, throughout her teaching career, she had to beg…

Academic English: Necessary for success Even though other variety of English are more expressive, Only Academic English should be allowed in universities because it makes writings to the point and does not stray from the original purpose of the writing as Academic English consists of a specific vocabulary and grammar. Academic English provides a set of ground rules which enables the individual to make their ideas accurate and precise. The range of students in a university includes local and…

varieties forms. In the United States, although English is known to be the central language, it branches into contrasting dialects such as Standard American English (SAE) and Vernacular English. SAE is the general formal dialect used professionally amongst educated subject while vernacular is more of an informal dialect used in everyday conversations. A special form of vernacular dialect is the mother tongue language that immigrant or non-English speaker would use when they are having difficulty…

only smile a lot. For people who are just getting to know me they have the understanding that I am shy, but still friendly which is how I have been since I was a little girl. However, if I get to know a person better then I will create more of a dialect. My language communicates who I am because I always choose my words wisely and have a calming tone. Because of this, people understand that I am not a hyperactive person, I am calm and rational. They should get a sense of this because I do not…

expert at the London Business School, asserted that most ranchers speak in town dialects which disengage them from business in the internal city. The outcome is a wasteful economy where those attempting to direct business need to depend on mediators to be successful. In the event that the language barrier between country areas and urban areas is so intense, it can be estimated that having totally unique state-dialects brings forth genuine financial issues for India. The unprivileged ranchers…

everyone speaks the same dialect, type or form of English as everyone else. Depending on what purpose language is being used for, a person will quite often change from using standard English, mainly used for academic and formal purposes, to a less standard form or dialect for informal purposes and professional purposes, as some professions have their own dialect…

The short essay of “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan emphasizes the different Englishes she uses to communicate with her family and at her professional environment; therefore she explains the differences between non-Standard English and Standard English. Tan views non-standard English as her mother tongue language because her family can communicate better with her. She views Standard English as the formal way to communicate with professional people in a daily basis. English is the formal language in…

(left) spoke, I had trouble understanding him. There were many times when I had no idea what he had just said.” This quote by Jerry Flynn’s granddaughter, Gwen (Koehler) Stauder, reflects the fact that Jerry speaks the English language with an Irish dialect, called an Irish brogue. The Irish not only use some words in a way that is different from the way that they are used in America, but they also speak the language with a rhythm and tone that is often hard for many Americans to understand.…

Defining Bilingualism: Baker (2011) has defined bilingualism is about being able to speak two languages. It is just an ability of a person to speak in two languages and not about competency in either. A bilingual person’s competency may be limited to one language which is his or her dominant language or the person may be competent in both the languages. Grosjean (2010) as quoted by Baker (2011) proposes that bilingualism is not just the knowledge it is rather speaking two languages regularly. A…

Global language does not have an official definition, but it is essentially a language, which is learned and spoken internationally. English is today the biggest global language with more non-native speakers than native speakers. Because of all these different countries speaking English there are many varieties, such as British, Australian, South African, American. The English Language is constantly changing. Around the 1600 century the English language as we know it today was created. Before…