Regional accents of English

She is a native Japanese speaker with a strong background in English, which she spoke with a noticeable, but still mild Japanese accent. She mentions that she wanted to “be a foreigner” during her youth, and her answer reflected that; the fact that she mentions English and Japanese as her only languages shows that she never felt the need to know another language, nor does she have any interest in doing so. In addition…

performing arts etc. Gastronomy is a study between food and culture. There are a lot of cuisine from different country or from the specific races such as French cuisine, Italian cuisine or Japanese cuisine while in China they can differentiate to regional cuisines such as…

• Soccer As A Space of Social Interaction – I received a unanimous answer in terms of soccer being the most significant and one of the very few spaces where the Indians bonds with the Germans and vice versa. My field work overlapped with the soccer World Cup 2014, that gave me an opportunity to witness this myself. While they would not hang around after work otherwise, the Germans and Indians would be enthusiastic in grabbing a beer over the soccer games. In Munich, this sentiment, as a matter…

Languages. German, French, English, Italian, Mandarin or even Russian. They are thousands of languages still spoken today. By all means, language is a powerful and vital tool for every single person’s life. In fact, it is something that has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. It is something so unique and complex, yet so beautiful in the same time. Taking that into account, linguistics has a very difficult, yet significant job, in today’s society. Linguistics. What is it exactly?…

language of Tai-feng is Mandarin. He is fluent in Mandarin. This is his second year in the United States. Before enrolling in the biology major, he had been taking English class for one year in the language center of UHD. After taking one year intensive English class and passing all exams, he is considered to reach academic level of English ability. Current school The University of Houston-Downtown is a medium-sized and four-year public urban university in Houston area. According to the…

to Tame a Wild Tongue,” discusses the mixing of various dialects such as Spanish and English to create a new melting-pot language called Chicano. Chicano can be further categorized into regional dialects, which result in different types of Chicano due to the way English and Spanish are spoken in these areas. Further, Anzaldúa describes a system that attempts to assimilate Chicanos so they no longer have accents or speak their non-standardized Spanish. The system is made up of both American…

private tutor who teaches French classes. She grew up in the French countryside, and speaks English, French fluently. Also, she is an advanced learner of Spanish, and Russian.…

centre its attention on people we can say that it is correlated to the phenomenon of accommodation theory. Dialect Levelling occurs when the differences between regional varieties of two languages over time are reduced. This causes the disappearance of distinctive features while new features that emerge are adopted by speakers over the regional area. So this phenomenon focuses mainly on the variation between two languages of specific areas. The accommodation theory has as its main subject…

The English language has and will continue to be the unifier of worldwide linguistic diversity. As a result of its globalization and its relative status symbol, the spread of the English language has facilitated the decline of several smaller languages such as those discussed in Russel G. Rymer’s article “Vanishing Voices”. Containing what is arguably the densest concentration of English speakers, the United States population speaks the language with a distinct vocabulary and accent. The form…

Interdisciplinary Core Competencies The competencies to be covered in this section are: Leadership, Public Health Biology, and Diversity and Culture. Leadership. This is the ability to create and communicate a shared vision to change the future, champion organizational and community challenges with solutions, and energize commitment to goals. These actions, when conducted by the individuals implementing this characteristic, can only be achieved by the following six examples: 1. Engage in…