LING 2P72 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Diglossia, Code-Mixing, Speech Community
24 Jan 2017
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If you really want to hurt me, talk bad about my language. Until i can take pride in my language, i cannot take pride in myself. She was under a lot of pressure and so she said whatever came to her mind that might make sense. But, since she could not form complete sentences that make sense, and she is also in a beauty pageant, people have decided that she is an air head. Often seen (by non-linguists) as more "correct". Other language (non-standard, dialect) often seen as chaotic, not rule- governed. How people talk, not how they should". There is no good or bad language, or ugly or lazy. Subconsciously resist social changes (move from traditional farming to. Peculiar way of pronouncing words sound (typical open mouth: to vowel in the middle of mouth seund, stronger among younger people but varied. A variety of ways of saying the same thing (e. g. labov"s research!)
