Psychology 2134A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9-13: Germanic Languages, Manually Coded English, Color Term

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2134A/B
• Professor: Marc Joanisse

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Native english speakers tend to be monolingual & assume that 1 person-1 language is the norm. Distinction btwn language & dialect is more political than linguistic: 2 languages/dialects are said to be mutually intelligible when their speakers can understand each other. Language shifts among usa immigrants follows a 3-generation pattern: 1st gen: speaks heritage language, some english, 2nd gen: speaks heritage language, prefers english, 3rd gen: monolingual english speakers. I(cid:374) (cid:373)ultili(cid:374)gual so(cid:272)ieties, o(cid:374)e of the la(cid:374)guages is ofte(cid:374) do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t & used fo(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)atio(cid:374) i(cid:374) go(cid:448)"t, edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374), business vs. communication btwn ethnic groups proceeds via a lingua franca (2nd language that members of different ethnics groups can also speak) Bilingualism is a result of: globalization immigration, societies with multiple ethnic groups, emergence of english as the global language of business & science. La(cid:374)guage of (cid:272)hild"s edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) usuall(cid:455) (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t la(cid:374)guage i(cid:374) adulthood. Languages & dialects but l1 stays as dominant language.