PPT-Language and Dialect

Brought to you by Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature amp Dawn of the Unread wwwdawnoftheunreadcom Register of Language A variety of a language or a level of usage. Introduction. Every language will have more than one variety, especially in the way in which it is spoken. This variation in speech is an important and well-recognized aspect of our daily lives as language-users in different regional and social communities. This chapter considers the type of variation which has been investigated via a form of ‘linguistic geography’, concentrating on regional varieties.. That Annoying . L. ittle . M. ark of Punctuation That Causes So Much Fuss and Makes People Want to Stop Writing and Jump Off a Ledge Because Nobody Knows How to Use it Correctly Even Though It Is as Clear As Day.. Activity. In your small group, please discuss the following questions. Be prepared to share with your classmates!. What does the term “dialect” mean?. How many different “dialects” can you name. English Literature, Language & Linguistics. The Talk of the Toon. DECTE is funded by:. The Diachronic Electronic Corpus of Tyneside English. Dialect Word Puzzle. Can you work out the dialect words from their meanings?. Zainab. Fatmah. Samera. Contents:. Age – graded features of speech. Age and social dialect data. Age grading and language change. AGE-GRADED FEATURES OF SPEECH. Their voice quality reflects their physical growth. Boy vocal cords generally grow faster and bigger than girl at . By: Prabjot, Sajida, Davette, Molly and Amy. Introduction. Language. is a set of rules for generating speech. Language is . learned. instead of being . biologically inherited. . Symbols. are . sounds. From . diaLECT. . we. . now. talk . about. . sociolect. and . other. “-. lects. ”.. Written. and . S. poken. Language. Written texts. Hybrid varieties. Spoken texts. Factual reports, technical. Claire Ashmore. 7. th. Northern Englishes Workshop, The University of Edinburgh. C.Ashmore@shu.ac.uk. Is Chesterfield in the . North. , . South . or Midlands?: . “. Not quite the north and not quite . DEPARTMENT OF PHILOLOGY. The Consonants of the (western) Cretan Dialect. A Phonetic and Phonological Analysis. Administrative details. Research Grant, ref. number. : 3493. Funded by: . UoC. Research Committee. Dialect. is . an author’s use of speech patterns (way . of . speaking) characterizing a characters background and/or geographical . area or certain group of people. . Dialect helps to make a character and setting appear realistic.. Lecture (2) . Outline . languages and dialects. Variety of language. Distinction between language and dialect . Regional dialects:. Regional variation . Distinction . between dialect and patois. Dialect boundaries. Webinar 1: The Reality of Dialects. February 1, 2011. Introduction to the webinar . 3 hours online. 7 hours outside work. 1 CEU. Topics include: . Language myths -Lumbee English. Tools for language analysis -African American English. in Mark Twain’s . “Huckleberry Finn”. Romanticism in Huck Finn. "Romanticism," as a term, derives from "romance," which from the Medieval Period (1200-1500) and on simply meant a story (e.g. all the chivalric, King Arthur legends) that was adventurist and improbable . He said that a child's language should be accepted and teachers should appreciate the importance of this. An attempt to suppress an accent is irrational . and neither humane nor necessary. Criticising a persons speech can be an attack on his self esteem..