The only way to communicate with my grandparents was to learn how to speak Arabic, so when I was growing up my first language was Arabic. As I got older, I spoke with others in Arabic as well, but sometimes I wouldn’t understand them and later on my mom explained that every area in the Middle East has different dialects. The dialect determines where you come from. I find it interesting that Arabic is one language, but yet there are so many ways to say water. I learned Lebanese as a child and trying to have a conversation with an Egyptian person is very difficult. Dialects are one aspect of language which allows people to have an identity, to explore and discover new ways of saying the same thing, but in a different word and having …show more content…
The word “yes” is now said as “yas” to give it more emphasis and make it more fun to say while speaking. Slang is a version of English that isn’t considered to be proper and formal English. Slang is the way that young adults speak to each other nowadays to make the language more interesting. The reason why the younger generation created slang is because it is a form of bonding amongst people within their own age and putting boundaries between themselves and their parents. Slang is different everywhere you go, just like any form of dialects. The words and phrases that are said in Brooklyn will be different then those in Staten Island. The slang dialect is still in the process of being put together because it is a continuous language that will change over …show more content…
Miscommunication is a huge part of it because not being able to understand someone while speaking to them can be a problem and hard to accept. Dialects are different in vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and speech. People are very judgmental when it comes to dialects and often think it is a broken form of language which it isn’t (Ronald). It is a different form of that same language. Dialects tend to be favored by people because some dialects get more attention and are more popular. No dialect dominates another because everyone who speaks a language has a dialect, but people may have favorites. Another problem with dialects is when it comes for someone to apply for a job; it is difficult to get approved if he/she speaks a different
All accents and dialects tend to originate from where people came from. A largely known accent that is often stereotyped is the southern accent. Although there are many different kinds of southern accents, people often associate the southern accent with stupidity, or someone that is “slow”. The southern accent comes from most southern states such as Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi as well as many others. In the film American Tongues, they show an example of a woman (from the north with a northern type accent) that says that she was once dating a man that was originally from the south and had asked her to come visit his family, that was still living in the south. She decided to go, and as they got closer to his home town, the mans southern accent began to grow stronger. She then told him to stop the car and immediately got a flight back home. She then stated that she was not going to have babies that spoke like that. This is a great example of how people will strictly judge you from your accent and the way you speak. While the woman in this example believed that the man had a strong accent, people from the south would believe that she was the one that had the accent. Everyone has an accent, and everyone believes everyone else has and accent, therefore judging them on it, thinking their way of speaking is the only way. One of the most common judgements would be judging a person’s social class on their accent or dialect. For example, hearing someone talk with a southern accent (which is said to be slow) can make people think they have no money because they are thought to be a blue-collar worker, categorizing them into the lower class. Since most accents generally are concerned with the region, the south for example has more emphasis on agriculture than in the north, causing there to be less need for education. These stereotypes do not just go towards the south or
The current decade’s slang is very important to the teen culture. Teens often use slang to speak only to one another and not to adults as said in the following article, “Every generation has its slang — new words that allow kids to communicate without their parents understanding”(53 Slang… 1). Kids will use slang terms to communicate without adults being able to comprehend what exactly kids are saying, it is basically a secret code. Since the 1930’s slang has evolved in countless ways. These words will constantly be changing, even within the same decade as said in this Huffington Post article, “words change all the time and overtime”(“These 12…” 1). Words within the English language can constantly have little tweaks added to them; sometimes this will create an entire new word. Slang terms can change throughout decades and era’s rapidly even though it is within a short time span, and this article supports the fact that words do not need decades to change it can take as little time as a few
Language plays a huge role in everyday life- connotation, denotation, etymology, idioms- all of these things come into play. We as English-speakers sometimes have trouble understanding certain expressions or accents- imagine the Price family trying to decipher French and Kilangan.
Language and culture are inseparable; with language suffering variations as the culture varies or changes. Political, economic and geographical conditions will determine cultural characteristics that will result in language variation.
United States of America, small in history but large in diversity continues to face new challenges with language as time continues to turn. In the documentary “Do You Speak American?” Robert MacNeil analyzes the English language and reveals many dialects that culturally defines us. Regional dialect is one of the many strongholds of all cultures and now it has reached its’ zenith and today it is slowly declining because it does not possess the human nature of advancement. Optimistically, it allows people to learn how to cooperate with each other. In order to advance and adopt a person has to change; I believe that the acceptance of cultural adaptations, diversity, and industrialization can prove that the decline of speech does not cause a decline of culture.
People try to keep an open mind going into things such as interview or presentations. Of course, this will help make the process easier for everyone involved and one can try to be as open-minded as possible. However, it is human nature to judge people by these things such as dialect and vocabulary. No matter how hard one tries to stop this judgment from taking place, it is a natural thing.
because of international pressure to create uniformity in the English language forces dialects to disappear gradually. Dutch learners have better opportunities to acquire British English instead of Scottish or Irish dialects. The British tradition is more integrated in the Dutch culture than Scottish. The. Of all the major modern Germanic languages, Dutch is the most popular.
Language is universal, but there are different meanings and sounds, which vary from one culture to another. In China citizens speak many languages, but about 94% speak the Chinese language. The difference in dialects was overcome by the written word and eventually a version of Mandrin became the “official speech” (The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, 1996,p.304). In America there are many ethnic groups with many varieties of language. The U.S. was created through many people from different countries migrating to the new states. In the U.S. there is an “official speech” which is the English language. The language of both these countries are not only different in meaning and sound, but also reflect the way in which the people in these societies live, believe, and function.
Arabs primarily speak Arabic with “variations in the dialects, words, and meanings in different Arab countries” (Lipson & Dubble, 2007, p. 43). Despite the different variations, most Arabs understand each other. All Muslims are required to read the Koran that is written in Arabic. While they all read this, not all speak Arabic fluently, or at all in some cases. There are some ethnic minorities that speak their own language, and are not understood by most of the surrounding populations. In the United States, nearly 600,000 people speak Arabic in their own homes; professionals and business p...
...e road when you are a little older you know what words you’re saying and what words mean, you choose how you talk. A lot of people get older and pick up slang and start talking like their friends. So that becomes their choice in they way the speak the language.
The difference in languages can cause different perceptions of various cultures leading to distinctions or possible clashes. When I lived in France I faced some of the problems a language barrier can cause. The most common and at the same time most irritating problem of language is the inability to translate word for word as some words just don’t have a direct translation into another language. These are normally colloquialisms for example “up the apples and pears” does not translate into “monter les pommes et les poires.” This would cause people to look at you in a very strange manner wondering what on earth you were talking about and it’s not only verbal language which creates different perceptions of people. Body language, such as hand movements and voice intonation can determine or change someone’s perception of a culture. The following paragraphs will illustrate the way language can be misconstrued.
In a sociolinguist perspective “the idea of a spoken standardized language is a hypothetical construct” (Lippi-Green, 2012, pp. 57). They are the form of Britain English and American English that are used in textbooks and on broadcasting. Giles and Coupland observe that “A standard variety is the one that is most often associated with high socioeconomic status, power and media usage in a particular community” (1991, p. 38). Both native speakers and learners of English, where English is taught as a second or foreign language (hereafter ESL/EFL), speak dialect of English in everyday conversation (Kachru, 2006, pp. 10-11; Owens 2012, p.
The following lists are not all-inclusive, but most common. They are a minimum students at each grade level should read and understand how to use and apply by the current school year end. Others may be added based on your classroom of students.
...he caretaker] in just this way when she finally returned to work with the chimps. Kat made her apologies to Washoe, then decided to tell her the truth, signing "MY BABY DIED." Washoe stared at her, then looked down. She finally peered into Kat's eyes again and carefully signed "CRY", touching her cheek and drawing her finger down the path a tear would make on a human (Chimpanzees don't shed tears). Kat later remarked that one sign told her more about Washoe and her mental capabilities than all her longer, grammatically perfect sentences."
An individual is constructed through many aspects , whether it be their likes/dislikes, personalities, goals or self assigned origin(s), etc. One of these aspects that help build up and sketch an individual is the language they choose to speak. This does not simply include choosing between English or French but choosing or learning to speak high/low language, or the type of slang one uses, and even the rules that are set up with that language the individual has obtained.