Hopefully you will think twice next time you say it is nothing more than slang. It is a part of the English language and should be treated with just as much respect as the English language. Sources McWhorter, John. “The Word On the Street: Fact and Fable About American English,” Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1998 Bernstein, Basil. "Social Class and Linguistic Development: A Theory of Social Learning," Education, Economy, and Society, A. H. Halsey, ed., Glencoe: The Free Press, 1961, 288-314.
The essay is written with a mix of English and Spanish. She was born in 1942 in Rio Grande Valley and was raised learning a variety of Spanish called Chicano, and learning English as a part of the educational system. In the essay, Anzaldúa sees a clear connection between language and identity. “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” is from the book Borderlands/La Frontera. In the essay, Anzaldúa is very focused on the borders between culture, language, nations and classes, and how the way we speak is intertwined with our identity.
To recognize the historical fact that the United Sates has been an overwhelmingly English speaking nation since it was created and that its constitution and foundational documents are in English. 5. To recognize that while the people of the United States value and respect diversity, they want to preserve English as their common language and therefore immigrants have the responsibility to learn English. 6. To conform to the majority of the states (31) that already have made English their official language.
3b . Dennis Preston: Dennis Preston studies Americans’ perceptions and attitudes about English, called folk linguistics. Do you
Fisher rests his entire point of view based on the roots of the four British folkways that separated the settlers in America. Fishers argued that we are a culture with results that resemble the “germ thesis” having been British in our cultural origins. I believe his argument lacks the strength that Nash presents because a culture is not strictly DNA, yet societal norms and behaviors as well. While the initial settlers maintained a foundation of their heritage, the tri-racial society, the trades that emerged and the
She states that the food, clothing, accessories and cars all seem to have been “Made in England.” Kincaid explains to draw a map of England would result in her erasure, not physical erasure, but her erasure all the same. Anaphora of the word, “England” or the phrase of “Made in England” is used extensively throughout Kincaid’s “On Seeing England for the First Time.” Anaphora is the repetition of a word or words for emphasis. The word “England” or a derivative of England such as “English” is
Investigate the ways spoken language is used by a TV presenter Taking into consideration that we live in the UK we can easily affirm we speak English, whether we are native speakers or not. But of course there is more than one type of English, from the proper English of Received Pronunciation (RP), which the Queen speaks, to the Basic English, which only includes basic words and phrases, most likely to be used by the lower class of society. Obviously, where there is an upper and a lower it also has to be a middle, in this case the middle of the spoken English language being the Estuary English (EE), a variety of modified regional speeches, which is a mixture of non-regional and southern English pronunciation and intonation. Knowing that EE is native from the southern part of England, the most appropriate example of a famous EE speaker is Jamie Oliver, as he was born and raised in Essex. Although Jamie Oliver adapts his speech to suit where he is and who he is with, there are certain aspects of his idiolect that do not change, such as pauses and fillers, the most common fillers he uses being “ya’know”, “like” and “err”.
This pamphlet, written in simple english so the colonists could understand it, began to plant the seeds of the ideas of home rule. Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence justified the secession of the thirteen colonies from the British Empire to other countries in the world. In the Preamble,
The process not only tests these areas but also includes an oral examination and written portions to test literacy along with a basic understanding of the English language and the ability to speak it. The process does include a pledge/oath of loyalty/allegiance as well.
Views on Bilingualism in the United States: A Selective Historical Review Jill Fitzgerald Associate Professor University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Abstract As the United States population becomes increasingly diverse, debates over bilingualism have intensified. For example, many ask should English be declared the nation’s official language? Or should bilingualism be encouraged? The present article offers a contextual historical sketch as a backdrop to current national bilingual issues. Salient historical events and selected factors are reviewed that reveal views on bilingualism in the United States from pre-colonial times to the present.