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December 01, 2005
Chapter 5: Some Basic Sociolinguistic Concepts
Comments:
-I agree with Michael Stubbs in that no matter how hard we try, we still judge people by the way they speak.
-It’s horrible to forbid people to speak their native language! Language is such a huge part of your culture and taking that away is absurd! I find different languages to be very interesting.
-I agree, “there are no single-style speakers.” I know I speak differently to my friends than I do with my family, etc.
-I never really thought about the concept “asymmetrical linguistic systems,” but I definitely agree. There are certainly many words that I know of, but do not use because I’m not quite sure exactly how to use them.
-I think that the teacher’s own language does affect each student because students are impressionable and for the most part, the teachers do most of the speaking and therefore the students hear their language most of the time.
Questions:
-Why in Britain does “the higher up the social class scale one goes, the less one encounters regional variation in speech” occur?
-Why is there not a standard English accent?
-Why are social judgments about language so taboo?
-How would Michael Stubbs feel about the “Ebonics debate?”
-Do teachers encourage or discourage children’s different dialects and/or languages?
-Jessica F.
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