ANT253H1 Chapter : Lecture#7-Dialect
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2011-11-15: reflect upon text, chapter 5,8, metaphor for test#2. For example: y"all, he came down can be pronounced differently: lexical differences-vocabulary, there are differences within the same language. Geographical places of where the speakers are makes the language difference. Hip hop : social dialects not distinguished geographically but through the use in society. There are two presidents that spoke average english: jfk (boston-maschchuetts language) and jimmy carter, bill clinton, Obama speaks standard english: in italy there are variations and goes from cities. There is a loss of dialect: the diversity that dialects bring to the whole equation of language guarantees that language remains strong. (ecology of language, language is part of my identity (brings forth the notion of nationalism) In the us, there are three major regional dialectal variants of english (1) northern, also called eastern or new england 2) southern and 3) In the age of media, people still retain a language"s identity.