Dialect

The New York Times dialect map pinned me, based on my use of language, as a New York City, Paterson, or Yonkers native. I find that extremely interesting because it is true – I spent the last eighteen years of my life in a New Jersey suburb an hour outside of the Big Apple. How did the Times know? Is it because I am familiar with the term “mischief night?” Is it because I call my Nikes “sneakers?” Whatever the reason, dialects, while understood by those who are familiar, can be lost in…

Americans it may not be. Every language has its own rules to make it grammar right even though from someone else 's perspective it may not be. For example, I be going to the store may seem wrong but the sentence grammar is correct. Also, many of the dialects of black english is in third person singular is not marked by an ending s. Couple of examples are He want to go and She need a pen. Both these examples don 't end with a s like in standard english would like she needs a pen or he wants to…

Since the late 15th century, European Colonization has influenced most of the world through its dialect and culture. According to the United Nations, the role of Standard English has rapidly developed into one of the few languages to become a “world language” (“Official Languages | United”). With a language that can draw diverse emotions in people, there is no doubt that Standard Written English is the most popularly taught language worldwide. Symbols, such as “the American Dream” or "greedy…

Have you ever wondered about the English dictionary and why we call this book of words, a dictionary rather than a Nirzockiwa? Although the origin of language is unknown to linguists, there are many controversial theories. In Mario Pei’s essay, Theories of Language Beginning, he discusses the development of language. On the other hand, Bill Bryson writes in his essay, Where Words Come From, how words originate. Both essays elaborate on language and its mysteries, displaying various stylistic…

1.0 – Introduction According to Bloomsbury International (2014), “Approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and around four thousand new words are added to the English dictionary every year.” Language is a way for people to communicate with those around them, sharing notions and conventions of those from the same cultural backgrounds and spreading this so others can learn (Corder, 2013). The way language is communicated varies depending on the environment and…

How do we decide what is correct and incorrect in terms of grammar and who decides this? Prescriptive rules and language authority are often talked about in the book How English Works by Anne Curzan and Michael Adams (Curzan and Adams, 2012). After doing some reading and research, the usage of prescriptive grammar rules in my future classroom would be very limited. I would limit these rules based off of language authority and grammar rules. Back to the question stated in the introduction, who…

linguistic heterogeneity, binaries are constructed that make it possible for individuals to try “styling the Other” or “crossing” to another identity (Rampton, 421). This is relevant to the modern world, to note the “ways in which members use language and dialect in discursive practice to appropriate, explore, reproduce or challenge influential images and stereotypes that they don’t themselves belong to” (Rampton, 421). It is through the idea of crossing that people are able to use their…

English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing student population within the United States. According to a recent report by the U.S Government Accountability Office, approximately 5 million ELL students were enrolled in schools, representing an estimated 10% of all public school students (GAO, 2006). In California, it is already the case that more than 25% of the students in grades PK-12 are ELLs (Stokes-Guinan & Goldenberg, 2010). Therefore, it is of utmost importance to understand…

“Language is a flexible changing, living organism that belongs to the people who speak it” (Simon 336). The different regions have their own slangs, dialects, and accents due to the influence of those people who infiltrated the region many years ago when America was first established. The different cultures that incorporated their homeland’s dialect mixed their language with our version of English to transform and over time eventually change their language to the type of English we recognize…

they did not bother apologizing to her. Tan expresses that she feels proud to speak broken English to her mother because it is the broken English that built a lovable connection with her mother and she enjoys communicated with her mother using that dialect of English. Tan does a great job at explaining the struggles her mother faced from being an immigrant that does not speak fluent English. Immigrant parents are often calling their children for help with her paperwork, reading the mail and…