Regional language

01101111 00100001 If I’ve caused any confusion, the above jumble of numbers simply means “hello!”—but in binary. And, while the above might not seem like a language, never mind a way of communicating, it’s how computers understand each other. Computers, like us, can speak many languages, too. I am captivated by language: etymology, regional differences, syntax. Whether it’s examining how the traditional brown and white dress worn by capuchin monks inspired the cappuccino, or contemplating…

Sociolinguistics refers to the study of language that relates with the society and the social factors. Language and dialects are both two different things. Taking into account Linguistic Variation, a language and dialect is differentiated based on mutual intelligibility. Mutual intelligibility refers to two speakers who speak the same language and understand each other but in different dialects. Dialects can be based on regional dialects which means with regards to geographical locations or it…

Domestication is to reduce the foreignness or the strangeness of the foreign text to be used in target language. When a foreign text is domesticated, the reader of target language easily understands it as if it is a part of their literatures, then they are not defamilarized from the text. As indicated by Venuti, domestication is an ethnocentric reduction of the foreign text to target language cultural values. On the other hand, foreignization is to demonstrate how the…

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 speakers and the reason why these naturally…

Preserving Endangered Languages As An Art Form The article “Why Do Language Die?” by Noah Tesch reminds me a conversation that I had with a Cherokee when I visited a Cherokee Preservation festival several years ago. When I asked if they are speaking their native languages, he told me that the government requires their younger generations to learn whatever are in their culture, including learning the Cherokee language, because their language is near extinction. Languages are not only a way to…

importance of second language in India, particularly in education. It is even perceived as a preference for the instruction medium in school which enjoys the higher status than Hindi medium schools. Furthermore, English has been widely spoken by middle or upper class. In the 20th and 21st century, Globalization’s increasingly unfettered flow of information, technology, capital, goods, services and people has helped spread opportunity and influence far and wide and English as a global language…

Language is the most crucial form of communication. Although, it varies from culture to culture, language has the same purpose and it is applied in similar process. However, many of the languages are endangered and becoming extinct. Endangered languages are the biggest reason that there is a loss of culture or the decline of consistent tradition. If languages are not treasured and valued, then it can destroy the whole culture by removing it altogether. Every language is important and has very…

“Language variation means that a given language like English is not one uniform and homogeneous system, but that it contains many, slightly or strongly diverging subsystems or varieties.” (Dirven 2004: 204) In order to understand the term variety different concepts must be defined. This essay discusses the differences and similarities of the concepts of accent and dialect. While the first part of this essay deals with the term accent, the second part deals with its contrast term, the dialect.…

Language is the way that we communicate with other humans, it is what sets us apart from animals, it is how we can communicate our knowledge with other and at the same time how we can learn from others and thus acquire knowledge. But language is so much more. Language can be what makes you part of a community, it can even be with what we identify our selves with. First off we have to head into what is our identity. When we are born we are automatically placed into various communities, we are…

Language vs Dialect vs Accent • Language is a collection of dialects that are usually linguistically similar used by different social groups who choose to say that they are speakers of one language which functions to unite & represent them to other groups. • Dialect deals with vocabulary, grammar, phonology, pronunciation, etc. • Accent deals with pronunciation and phonology • Regional variation 1. A variety of a language spoken by a particular group based on region (caused by geographical…