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sounds,gestures,orwrittensymbols). Language 16/04/201219:40:00 Communicationofthoughtsandfeelingsthroughasystemofarbitrarysigns(voice Uniquepartsoflanguage: o Vocabulary o GrammarandSyntax o Contrastedwithdialect TranslationProblems Vocabularyequivalence Idiomaticequivalence GrammaticalSyntacticalequivalence Experientialequivalence Conceptualequivalence Dialect...
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sounds,gestures,orwrittensymbols).
Language
16/04/201219:40:00
Communicationofthoughtsandfeelingsthroughasystemofarbitrarysigns(voice Uniquepartsoflanguage:
o Vocabulary
o GrammarandSyntax
o Contrastedwithdialect
TranslationProblems
Vocabularyequivalence
Idiomaticequivalence
GrammaticalSyntacticalequivalence
Experientialequivalence
Conceptualequivalence
Dialect
Aregionalorsocialvarietyofalanguage.
Distinguishedbypronunciation,grammar,orvocabulary.
Differsfromthestandardliterarylanguage.
Dominantspeechpatternofthecultureinwhichitexists.
Appalachian(Kentucky)
YoucantellwhensomeoneisfromKentuckyorsomeotherpartofthecountry.
Hillbilly
Notstraightforwardtalksforhalfanhourbeforetheyactuallygettothepoint.
CentralOhio
Noaccents,nouniqueness
Texas
Feelmoreopen,forthright.
Nosecrets,comeoutandsayeverything.
Southern
Mostscrutiny
Seemtobeportrayedasthedumbpeopleinmovies
Regional
Peoplethathavedistinctaccents.
Maketheircharacterstrustworthy
BostonBrahmin
Properaccent
NorthEndBoston
Travelingoutsidethearea,pronounceyourrsandthinkaboutwhatyouresaying.
Italianaccent
Canintimidatepeoplewithyouraccent
AAVE(BlackEnglish)
ManypeopledonotacceptBlackEnglishnotbecausehowtheyspeak,but
becauseofWHOisspeakingit.
MockedandlookeddownuponbyWhitepeople
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