1. Choose a topic related to language use (in your placement school) which you would like to explore further‚ eg: - The different languages spoken in the country/region/city of your placement school; - The use of different languages/dialects/varieties in the school; - Language use in the classroom; patterns of interaction‚ gender and cultural differences; - Language use in a multilingual classroom; - Teachers’ attitudes to pupils’ (non-standard) language. Although the presentation should
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between language and dialect. Language is one of the fundamental things for our daily living. The main reason behind development a society is communication and there is no doubt the language is the best way of communication so far. So we can say that the contribution of language for human civilization is enormous. As a language community a community can be own difference of expression‚ attitude‚ tone‚ accent. That is making a language variation in same community. This is called dialect. Before the
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salient features of DIALECT‚ SOCIOLECT and IDIOLECT. Linguists commonly use language variety as a cover term for any of the overlapping subcategories of a language‚ including dialect‚ idiolect and social dialect. The use of the word variety refer to those different forms that avoid the use of the term language‚ which many people associate only with the standard language‚ and the term dialect‚ which is often associated with non-standard varieties thought of as less prestigious. Dialect is a form of language
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that these ideas were infused into her writing are the use of race and racism‚ rural Southern black dialect‚ and her views on religion and God. Race and racism showed how Jodie struggled with both racial and female prejudice. The interesting use of language put not only experience with rural Southern black dialect on display but also how the
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Dialectology Dialectology is a study of language that focuses on understanding dialects. It is part of a larger group of studies called sociolinguistics‚ which evaluates the many elements that shape communication in whole cultures or in smaller groups. When dialectologists study language they are principally concerned with identifying how the same language can vary‚ based on a number of circumstances. This does not simply mean pronunciation changes‚ but can also mean differences in word choice‚
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Diglossia is the relationship between two or more codified dialects that are used in the same speech community under different circumstances. Diglossia is categorised into two important hallmarks‚ the (H) high function which is seen as the superior dialect that is based on a grammatical system. It is formalised of rules‚ hence allowing thoughts and ideas to be expressed logically. However‚ the (L) function is connected to the standardised language of the speech community. It is used to express ideas
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The Strathfield district was once the land of the Wangal clan of the Darug tribe (Council 2015). The Darug tribe spoke the Eora dialect of the Darug language (Council 2015) and the their land was once an integral area to gather and hunt for food for the clan. It was in 1793 when European settlement began in the Strathfield district and land grants were made in the early 1800s‚ which meant the start of building settlement (Unknown). A significant historical issue that has been documented was the evidence
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As defined by wikipedia‚ “Slang is the continual and ever-changing use and definition of words in informal conversation‚ often using references as a means of comparison or showing likeness.” The expressions of slang often embody the attitudes and values of the group members using them. In order for an expression to become slang‚ it must be widely accepted and adopted by the sub-culture and its boundaries. Some modern slang has endured over the decades since its inception (i.e. cool) and some will
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Dialect “distinguishes” a specific group of people from others; it involves “grammar‚” “sound‚” and “pronunciation”. . Twain discloses in the explanatory of the book that the “dialects are used to wit” and reveals that “Missouri Negro” dialect and “Pike County” dialect were used for the main characters. He describes the “Missouri Negro” dialect as the “extremest form of backwoods South-Western dialect”. Jim’s dialect demonstrates he is uneducated by his accent
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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)‚ English author‚ feminist‚ essayist‚ publisher‚ and critic wrote A Room of One’s Own (1929); All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point—a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that‚ as you will see‚ leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved.-Ch. 1 Now regarded as a classic feminist work‚ Woolf based her extended essay A Room on lectures she had given at women’s
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