jueves, 22 de noviembre de 2018
mi茅rcoles, 21 de noviembre de 2018
martes, 20 de noviembre de 2018
SUMMARY
Dialect diversity
develops when the changes that occur in one region or group do not spread. When
speakers are surrounded by a group of people or in a specific region for a
certain amount of time, the dialect that they adapt is a result of that place
or group of people because of the contact with it. People would expect for
there to be a dialect leveling on those who travel because they don’t only have
contact with the region they are in or the group of people they grow up, but
also with other cultures and regions. What happens is that the dialect leveling
does not happens by traveling or by the mass media, but rather by the
television and national radio. This is where we get to know the regional and
social dialects.
The regional dialect is
associated with a place and talks about where we come from and the social
dialect says who we are. Each version of the language is referred to as a
regional dialect and they are based on geographic region. The origins of many
regional dialects of American English can be traced to the people who settled
in North America, these people came from England and they already spoke
different dialects of English and then carried them to the original thirteen American
colonies. Their development is illustrated by the pronunciation of words with
an r in different parts of United States. American people nowadays was a
general rule in New England and then the r-less came into existence and has
been retained in states such as Boston, New York and Savannah, states where
many black people is at. These differences with the r are considered accents,
that exist in America, but also is the term used to refer to the speech of
non-native speakers who have learned a language as a second language.
Social dialects on the other hand are apparently the
social factors from where the dialect differences seem to come. Social
boundaries and class differences are as confining as the physical barriers that
often define regional dialects, they are numerous and based on socioeconomic
status, religious, ethnic, and racial differences, country origin, and
gender. There is also a dialect that is
considered a superior one and is believed to be the one that people from upper
classes speak. It is known as the “Standard English” and it as mentioned before
has social functions.
After we see the many
additions and subtractions that have been made to the English language, we also
see another minus as is the appearance of the banned languages. The Banned of
language arises because purists wish to prevent language or dialect
differentiation because of their false belief that some languages are better
than others, or that change leads to corruption. Languages and dialects have
been banned through the years because of political control in The United States
as it has been in many others countries. Cajun English is an example of it and even
French has had a place in this history just as the American Indian languages
but we also see dialects being banned. An example of a dialect banishment is
the African American English, which is spoken by a large population of
Americans of African descent. This dialect has distinguishing features of this
English dialect persist for social, educational, and economic reasons, but some
critics have attempt to equate its use with inferior genetic intelligence and
cultural deprivation, justifying these incorrect notions by stating that it is
a deficient, illogical and incomplete language. Even with these critics being
put over this dialect the historical discrimination against it has created
boundaries that permit this dialect to thrive. We also know the Latino and Chicano
English as the first language by many children, making it the native language
of hundreds and thousands, if not millions of Americans and a very special one
that has also been tried to be banned and suffered just as the others that have
experienced social and regional changes.
lunes, 19 de noviembre de 2018
REFERENCES
These references were our guides.
- Dillard, J.L. 1972. Black English: Its history and usage in United States. New York: Random House.
- Fromkin, V. (2014). An Introduction to Language . En R. R. Hyams, An Introduction to Language (p谩gs. 279-297). New York: WADSWORTH.
- DeGraff, Michael, ed. 1999. Language creation and language change: Creolization, dia, chrony and development. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Suscribirse a:
Entradas (Atom)