The role of dialect representation in speaking from the margins: "The Lesson" of Toni Cade Bambara by Katy M. Wright "What kinda work they do and how they live and how come we ain’t in on it? Where we are is who we are‚ Miss Moore always pointin out. But it don’t necessarily have to be that way‚ she always adds then waits for somebody to say that poor people have to wake up and demand their share of the pie and don’t none of us know what kind of pie she talking about in the first damn place."
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Southern England: Received Pronunciation (RP) is the standard accent of Standard English in Great Britain‚ with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms. RP is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary as "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England"‚ although it can be heard from native speakers throughout England and Wales. Peter Trudgill estimated in 1974 that 3% of
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“Alienated by Accent” The manner in which a person speaks is more than just a complex order of certain intonations and slang words‚ it is a representation of the historical‚ cultural‚ and ethnic background of an individual. Infants learn language from their parents who learned it from their parents who learned it from their parents on and on all the way to the ancient ancestors of those infants; meaning that each person carries with their words a cultural identity that is unique to them but also
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research on language variations‚ sensitivity‚ and acquisition among social groups of all types based on social status‚ age‚ race‚ sex‚ family‚ friendship units and all kinds of relationships. Sociolinguistics is also concerned with topics such as dialect geography‚ bilingualism‚ linguistic interference‚ social dialectology "including studies of social stratification and minority group speech)‚ language situations "language rivalries‚ standardization‚ language as a means for group identification and
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This assignment will discuss the variation in spoken language‚ such as‚ the difference between accents and dialect. In addition‚ it will explain how some people adapt their accent and dialect depending on different situations. Furthermore‚ this paper will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using accent and dialect and highlights how some people are stereotyped and discriminated by the way they use spoken language. There are many ways to speak English‚ ‘Based on how much the English
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Regional accents show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This reading provided an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation‚ deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect‚ of the local variety of Standard English between various populations of native English speakers. Local accents are part of local dialects. Dialects of English have unique features in pronunciation‚ vocabulary‚ and grammar. I have learned that the term "accent"
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have different regional accents of English. Some people have positive attitude towards the different regional accents of English. They believe that the way people speak is always changing based on what they hear from their linguistic environment. There are a few scenes in the film where people share what they think about using certain dialects in positive attitude. In one scene‚ there is an African-American woman who is interviewed and asked whether she uses a vernacular dialect or a standard form of
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aspects of geographical linguistics within the United States. A dialect or an accent means the words we use and how we pronounce them‚ and in this case the language is American English. Variations of English that result in local dialects are discussed‚ reasons for dialect differences are given‚ and attitudes about dialects are shown in the video. There are several ways that dialects form from "standard" languages. First there is accent or the way the language is pronounced. Second there is vocabulary
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the speech of individuals and groups. Linguistics 201‚ May 28‚ 2001 Kordula De Kuthy 1 Dialect 2 Accent Any variety of a language characterized by systematic differences in pronunciation‚ grammar‚ and vocabulary from other varieties of the same language is called a dialect. Everyone speaks a dialect – in fact‚ many dialects at different levels. The people who speak a certain dialect are called a speech community. Some of the larger dialectal divisions in the English speaking
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English‚ southern English‚ New York dialect‚ and Spanish influenced English and many more. The movie represents some of the social and regional differences in how Americans speak and portray their opinions and attitudes on how different everyone is. People’s attitudes about dialects and accents that are typically negative toward one another and are seen as sub-standard forms of English. One good point that was made during the film was that depending on someone’s accent‚ people will judge you in the way
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