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    The student’s data Transcript between my friend (S) and me (E) E: uhhm (3) well (1) I’m looking *forward+ (filler – first of many – um‚well‚ like!) S: *what (.) maybe+ (2) don’t turn away when you’re talking (2) E: Whaju-mean? S: (1) well (.) yeah ‘cause it won’t pick up your voice (.) *so easily+ E: *oh OK (.)+ yeah (2) well it’s just hard to (3) um (.) I’m just gonna put thee (.) um (.) piece of paper over it (write about ‘thee’ – filler) S: Oh I wouldn’t do that (.) cause it

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    Six O’Clock News – Tom Leonard this is thi six a clock news thi man said n thi reason a talk wia BBC accent iz coz yi widny wahnt mi ti talk aboot thi trooth wia voice lik wanna yoo scruff. if a toktaboot thi trooth lik wanna yoo scruff yi widny thingk it wuz troo. jist wanna yoo scruff tokn. thirza right way ti spell ana right way to tok it. this is me tokn yir right way a spellin. this is ma trooth. yooz doant no thi trooth yirsellz cawz yi canny talk right.

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    Accents Throughout this controlled assessment‚ I have noticed that I use different accents in different context. When I speak to my family and friends‚ I change my accent when having a conversation with them in English. Which is made apparent when I pronounce: “what else did you have just pizza and nothing else?” in a different accent on transcript 2. This is because I am of Bangladeshi ethnicity which has influenced the way I pronounce words. I may purposely speak in a Bangladeshi accent if I am

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    13. non-rhotic accent A non-rhotic accent‚ however‚ does not have the /r/ in final or pre-consonantal positions (this is sometimes known as the post-vocalic /r/‚ although others use the more accurate term‚ the non-prevocalic /r/). What this means is that speakers of non-rhotic accents have this rule: if the in the spelling does not occur before a vowel sound‚ don’t pronounce it. (NOTE: vowel sound‚ not vowel letter.) Here are examples of words and phrases where the won’t be pronounced by

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    Introduction One’s identities can be various. I am a girl who is 19 years old‚ a Hong Kong people‚ a daughter‚ a university student. We have so many different identities. Some of it will change‚ some of it is stable and unchanging. So‚ before the explanation of the relationships between language and identity‚ the definition of identity have to be define first. According to Abercrombie (2000)‚ ” this is the sense of self‚ of personhood‚ of what kind of person one is. Identities always involve

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    country of immigrants. From this diversity and multitude of different backgrounds‚ cultures‚ and regions springs forth dialects and regional accents as varied and different as the people they come from. With all these variations‚ it becomes harder and harder to discern what linguists often refer to as “Standard American”‚ and as time progresses‚ these divergent dialects and accents seem to wear away at the foundations of the English language. The impact of these rogue Englishes can be clearly seen

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    Can you think of reasons why a langue may change over time? Language Variation Synchronic variation consists of the range of accents and dialects‚ sociolects and idiolects that happen to be in use within one language. Regional variation has long been documented‚ as has social variation such as Black English in the USA‚ and Upper-middle class pronunciation in England. Dialect: A variant of a langue which has different syntax‚ morphology and / or lexis. For example‚ in Mancunian English the word “barm

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    Speech Variation In Restaurants There are three different dialects in Pennsylvania that will give away where you reside. Why is there so much contrast in speech among the residents of the city and country? The culture where I am from has molded my speech‚ attitude‚ and actions; it also has created who I am today. The “city life” is exceptionally different from the “country life‚” I know this because of my expedition to the middle of nowhere‚ Lock Haven‚ PA. Somewhere on the four-hour car ride

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    My response is on “Mother Tongue” which is the story of Amy Tan’s successful mother and her struggles with societies views on different dialects of English. The main idea of this story is that society may take a somewhat offensive stance on accents and dialects and assume many things. I agree with this idea for the pure fact that‚ yes people do judge people based on certain things‚ that is just how animals work. Is it unhealthy to stereotype people? Of course. Is it natural of humanity? Undoubtedly

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    Ramsey Lynn ENC 1101 9 Sept. 2013 The Wonders of an Accent As a southern girl growing up in rural Wakulla County‚ I have experienced prejudice based on my southern dialect and language style. Dialects and word use play a powerful role in linking specific populations together with a common bond. As powerful as this connection is to bring people together of the same group it is just as powerful to pull people apart that are not in the same group. Amy Tan writes about the power of language in “Mother

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