CDIS 3223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: African American Vernacular English, Hawaiian Pidgin, Second-Language Acquisition
30 Nov 2016
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Communicative accommodation we vary our speaking style based on our audience. It is based on the speaker and listener age and may range from highly child- centered to highly situation-centered. Highly child centered - is more repetitive and simplified language to make sure the child understands clearly. Highly situation centered listener is going to accommodate to activities and people based on situations. Dialects include variations with a language due to regional, geographical, or cultural differences. African americans don"t usually speak another language, but they do have a different way of speaking. Accents include differences in a language due to influence of another language. For the final we need to know the difference between dialect and accents. Be able to give an example of each! Pidgin it is a simplified language developed among speakers who do not share a common language.
