Dialect

that bad, has my personal experience made me immune to hearing dialectic differences? The answer, I decided, is my hearing is not trained enough to decipher actual changes in pronunciation of words. One exception being the New England--Bostonian dialect with the dropped |r|. Additionally, the thoughts in Steel Town Talk: Is the U.S. becoming increasingly homogeneous? “Among the reasons…

would get tongue tied. There was one instance in particular that I remember when he had to speak with an insurance company about an accident. Someone had hit him from the rear and he had to describe in detail what happened. I could feel his anxiety as soon as he started to speak to the agent over the phone. My mother was making comments in the background about how he should have written down exactly what he was going to say because he seemed so flustered and tongue tied. As a result of these…

English is my native language. Southern English is my dialect. I traveled all over the world, many times over and I have many observations on languages. I grew up in Northern California, son of father from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a mother from Graceville, Florida. Though English was my natural language, but needless to say, I was surrounded by a large variety of dialects. I always said yes sir, yes ma’am to any adult. If called by an adult, I was to answer with “Sir/Ma’am”. I had…

skills that have helped me in my childhood involvements, professional studies and gain a useful understanding of the Standard American English language. Coming from Jamaica as a child, I was ridiculed and criticized in the way I spoke. The Jamaican dialect also known as Patois stems from a mixture of roots from Portugal, Africa, Britain, Europe, etc... As a child, I would call my friend “pickney” and I was mocked and misunderstood for what I was trying to convey. The word pickney is…

1. Introduction This paper reports sociolinguistic variation and change patterns of T-glottalling in Manchester comparing with other dialects of English. T-gottalling, the phonological process whereby /t/ is replaced by a glottal stop in non-initial position, has been considered as the accent all over the UK in recent years. Database (number of token, factors); the definition of T-glottalling and simple example; the characteristic of Manchester pattern; T-glottalling, in English phonology, a…

Coinciding with literary works and their applications, English colloquial languages undeniably create a socioeconomic divide in the United States and in the pursuit of the American Dream. Throughout America, several derivatives of English are spoken, but because these sub-languages are not standard or articulate English, they are viewed as subordinate, subpar, sub-American. To be articulate, as poet and activist Jamila Lyiscott explained in her spoken word essay “3 Ways to Speak English,” is to…

Early stages In the early stages of a child’s development, language is developed socially within the child’s familial context. Through this social process, the child’s native language is developed which is unique to their cultural heritage (McDevitt, Ormrod, Cupit, Chandler & Aloa, 2013, pg. 344). To elaborate on the social influences, children learn not only their cultural language and communication form, but they also learn how to communicate by the example set within their social context (Gee…

Mainstream speaking children (NMAE) in recognizing the phonological, morphological, and pragmatic differences between the two dialects. The rational behind this study has several factors that provide a logical reasoning for this particular testing. Firstly, many studies have tried to understand why such a wide ‘achievement gap’ exists between socioeconomic statuses.…

composing frameworks, Zapotec is still inadequately understood. Most importantly, the hidden dialect itself shows an issue. The main European record of the Zapotec dialect dates from no sooner than the sixteenth century, and the old type of Zapotec from a thousand years prior is not archived by any means. Endeavors are in progress to remake this "proto-Zapotec" dialect from the present day Zapotec dialects, yet such undertakings take years to refine. Another component adding to the absence of…

switching is the ability to speak multiple types of dialect; it is a major skill for gaining power in society. One Example as Manuel Muñoz mentioned in “leave your name in the border” is having that ability to speak Standard English gives you an…