attempt to speak “correct” or standard English. Everyone living in the United States of America speaks English, but the way they speak differs from each other and is hard to understand due to having different accents. The origins of the dialect are diverse, and the source of many features is probably not recoverable. People living in different cities have their own accents. Knowing more or less about New York English, my essay is written about New York English dialect. A friend of mine, named Adam
Fennig, 2017). Language of a community is usually united yet including in itself the diversity feature. Its diversity can be witnessed through the variation of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation from place to place within a language-area. This essay will attemp to answer the question of how dialectalization happens. What is dialect? According to the Oxford Dictionary, dialect is explained as “A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.” (n.d). Strictly
Systemic functional linguistic (SFL) is a theory of language that it focuses around the notion of language function; a central notion is "stratification", such us that language is analysed in terms of semantics, context, lexico-grammar and phonology-Graphology. The context focuses on three kinds. They are field, tenor and mode. Field deeps on what the text is taking about, for example "medicine, education or science". Tenor is the relationship between participants. It is the power of relation. It
Some people may think that an accent is the exact same as a dialect. And that is why, in this essay, I’ll be clearly showing the differences between accents and dialects and giving some examples. A typical mistake is to muddle a ‘dialect’ with an accent, confusing up the difference between words that individuals use and the sounds they make, their pronunciation. If grammar and vocabulary are being considered along the side of pronunciation, then ‘dialect’ is a fair term to use. Still, regularly when
This questions has always been under investigation. This essay highlights is one of the most important affective factors in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) that is age. Moreover, it also sheds light on various studies that addressed this issue and provides opinions and conclusions of some of the studies concerned
1. Write an essay about 1500 to 2000 words to discuss on the six qualities of useful tests including examples to support your ideas. (5 marks). Language assessment or language testing is a field of study belonging to the umbrella of applied linguistics. A test is a smaller part of assessment, intending to measure the respondents’ knowledge or other abilities. It is a very important process after working or learning time. There are six qualities of useful tests, including reliability, validity, authenticity