I. Introduction Knowing that an individual is under formal conditions such as an interview where the interviewee is presenting to an audience or being just being in a professional environment will promote a more formal dialogue which tends to match Standard American English. Regardless of social class or socioeconomic status many individuals shift their speech style to tailor their partner’s attitudes, relationship, and subject matter; this style accommodation is essential to social interactions. My partner, Prabhjot Nijjar, and I will be studying how the environment will affect ones speech style. By observing the Kardashian and Jenner family in their reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashian, we felt we will be able see extremes in this …show more content…
By capitalizing on these moments in their reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, we are able to observe how the family’s speech style is in informal situations. Then we can compare those instance to moments in the show which where the individual family members are in a more formal situation such as the post one on one interview where they explain what their thought processes were at a specific time. During this interview the interviewee is more relaxed and in control of their speech style and should break their casual speech style and shift towards a more formal speech. The Kardashians are known to have that California girl speech style so we expect to see that California girl stereotype shift to a more Standard American English when in the formal interview environment. California girl speech style is very similar to valley girl speech style. Both use the word “like” as a filler. California girl talk is also distinguished with a style where talking is marked by a rise in pitch at the end of a sentence. This gives the image that the girls are confused, ditzy, or are being timid by people who are not familiar to the tone (Moline Discussion 4). Essentially, we are trying to see when the Kardashians are breaking character and noting any non –Standard English forms of speech and noting what the situation they are
The girls’ father wanted them to have a normal and respectable American life because of what they had had to struggle through. In the novel, the Garcia sisters see Spanish as the first language, “representing their refuge” (72) and English as a difficult second language. To them America is a new and foreign place, completely dismissing the potential dangers that await them there. After arriving, they soon realize their struggle with comprehending the English language show their lack of comfortability in their new home which is socially harmful. Their accents in particular are constant reminders to the sisters and to others that they are strangers in a peculiar land. Their accents resulted in them being ridiculed such as when Carla was taunted by some boys who mimicked her accent saying “Eh-stop! ...Plees eh-stop” (153). Since the girls could not control their accents, they would have to focus on their appearance. The girls do their best to fit into society by talking and acting the correct way and developed a sense of using hand motions to describe what they were talking
If a play is two or more characters conversing with one another on stage, a song lyric can be viewed as one side of a story of dialogue. It does not become any less conversational because of this, but is a different way to interpret a relationship. Deborah Tannen has achieved scholarly and public praise for her conclusions about how women and men differ in conversational styles. You Just Don’t Understand[6] clarifies stylistic differences in how the two sexes communicate with each other.
Both Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver are well recognized TV chefs, however they both use spoken language in very different ways, whilst interacting with their audience. For example Nigella’s language is more sophisticated and formal whereas Jamie’s language is more casual and informal. Whilst there are many clear and visual differences between each of these chefs, there are also many similarities. They both share a lifestyle of being a chef and enjoying a higher-class lifestyle. We readers can observe their different and similar ways of spoken word by linking it with the chef’s personal life and this therefore help us understand their persona more vividly.
The plot of the book, Speak is that Melinda Sordino, a freshman at Merryweather High went to an end of the summer party with some of her friends. Things take a turn for the worst when a senior named Andy Evans sexually assaults her at the party without her friends knowing about it. Melinda is frightened, afraid, and does not know what to do so she calls 911 busting the party, and causing her friends and everyone at that school to hate her, even if they don’t know her.
Kim Kardashian. Mother, sister, daughter and Kanye's wife. Although people are quick to judge her they still can't get enough of her. Blustering into the spotlight due to a leaked sex tape 2007. The starlet socialite has been on our televisions ever since. Whether it be hamming it up on screen with her clan of Kardashians or trying to persuade the nation that she is a businesswoman. Like it or not. Kim is here to stay. Here 11 of her most memorable interview quotes.
American Tongues Response EssayThe documentary American Tongues (1987) examines an array of American dialects and accents in all regions of the United States, as well as the perceptions tied to specific ways of speaking. The film does this by interviewing people of multiple ethnicities, geographical locations, education-levels, and socio-economic classes. The information presented in American Tongues makes the audience consider its distinct way of speaking and the insight it may provide to those around them. The film clearly shows that the way individuals speak, as well as the diction they choose to use or eradicate from their vocabulary, is intricately tied
Often, the language spoken by Northern Spaniards sounds identical to the language spoken by Southern Spaniards. However, the northerners speak with the “the emission of the consonants ‘d’ and ‘r’, the aspiration of the consonant ‘s’ at the end of words, and the dropping of final consonants”, whereas southerners do not. (Khodorkovsky, 2008) Again, both types a Spaniards are conveying a message when speaking. Likewise, Americans have differing dialect. The way someone from the West coast speaks contrasts the way someone from the East coast speaks. But yet again, both people are conveying a message when speaking. Although their verbal communication may sound different, Hispanic and American culture’s are still accomplishing the same goal. There are also many similarities and differences in each culture’s nonverbal communication
Hispanic American language is one that is adorable to many people due to its pattern of communication. In the article, there are many of the languages used in that exist in the United States some of which includes; African Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans among others. Some of the communication patterns of these languages have been clearly stated by identifying various factors like; emotions, eye contact, gestures, identity orientation, pacing and pause time, vocal patterns and the volume of their voice whenever they speak to someone. The article depicts Hispanic American languages as one of the best which can be used in public or businesses since it shows the one talking as a very humble individual.
She exhibits articulate language with confidence even from the confines of her home. From California to Cambodia, there are many distinctive cultural variations with regards to mannerisms and interactions amongst people. In Cambodia, people rarely raise their voices and they greet others with their hands together and bow (Buckley 2017). As any tourist, such as myself, may know that in California much less the United States, we almost always speak with a boisterous attitude; and in most cases, a handshake or a hug is used almost throughout the entire nation as a greeting. These tacit mannerisms and lexicons, however, can be stylistically switched off (Alim and Smitherman 2012). Jolie’s awareness of Cambodia’s cultural setting prompts her to switch tongues in order to better connect with the Cambodian citizens. By switching tongues, she is able to identify more as a Cambodian citizen and less as a white American woman because “language is one of the most salient yet least understood means we have for creating our identities” (Alim and Smitherman 2012,
Beside media and migration, Becker says “linguistic insecurity” is another reason why New Yorkers are changing their accent. Becker illustrated that they think that other people do not like their accent or they, New Yorkers, are not feeling their accent is interesting. New Yorkers consciously stop “Coffee Talk” and Texans like Robertson and her family stopped their accent on the first syllable like “SEE-ment” or “UM=brella” after they moved from Amarillo to Austin. Texas twang, however, is part of Texans and they are proud of it. Hinrichs points out, Texans use twang when it is appropriate with family or friends. He means that the twang is not going to become extinct. However, the fact that more than 1,000 new people move to Texas annually is changing the traditional old Texas
At one point Ellen DeGeneres got kicked off of a talk show, but it wasn’t for her performance, it was because she came out as lesbian and the talk show did not accept that. But instead of giving up, Ellen decided to take her career in her own hands by doing that she raised to fame years later. But how did she come from being at rock bottom to an inspiration to so many? It was a journey but in order to inspire, Ellen persuaded the audience to stay true to themselves by using pathos and ethos.
In the introduction of Deborah Tannen’s “Conversation Style: Talking on the Job”, she compares and contrasts the ways men and women communicate. This reminds me of what I tell people that are struggling in their relationships. Women and men express themselves differently. Women think, but men act. If you can’t wrap your head around this, being in a relationship with anyone is going to be hard. Yet, this is such a basic way of looking at this issue. Not only are the genders vastly different, but each person relates to the world around them in a certain way. He or she also needs to be related to in a specific way. Looking at personalities and personal histories can give a better look at the way we communicate with each other. Tannen examines
The speaker's perception of the audience, the topic of conversation, the setting of the conversation and the types of social relationship are all considered before someone speaks. In this essay I have discussed the processes of codeswitching and style shifting. I have looked at different reasons for the occurrences of these processes and the motivations behind them. I have also discussed the grammatical constraints applied to the processes.
The book An Intorduction of Sociolinguistics is an outstanding introductary book in the field of sociolinguistics. It encompasses a wide range of language issues. In chapter 13, Wardhaugh provides a good insight to the relationship between language and gender. He explains gender differences of language-in-use with concise examples. Wardhaugh riases questions about sexist language and guides readers to look closer at how people use language differently because of their own gender in daily life. According to the Whorfian hypothesis, which indicates that the way people use language reflects their thoughts, different genders adapt different communication strategies.
Renowned British actress and activist for the feminist movement, Emma Watson, in her speech to the United Nations, “HeForShe,” argues that gender discrimination is a plague to human civilization. Watson’s purpose is to sway the audience that gender inequality has to come to an end, with the support of men and women as advocates for egalitarianism. Additionally, she enlightens the audience that the problem originated from political affairs, the economy, and social disparity. Watson creates a compassionate tone in order to convey men, specifically those who negatively perceived feminism or did not think that feminist issues affected them. Nevertheless, Watson’s speech is ineffectively persuasive due to the poor description she formulated