Today, we will continue to look at language & identity.
Your tasks are:
1) After reading the Linda Thomas article, read the article about "What Your Speech Habits Reveal", here:
http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/reveal/
2) Afterwards, make sure you have definitions for the following terms:
Dialect Jargon Taboo Pidgin
Idiolect Argot Register Creole
Sociolect Slang Vernacular Code-Switching
Ethnolect Colloquial Lingua Franca Language Crossing
3) Working alone OR in a pair, find ONE example of idiolect, dialect, sociolect, or ethnolect in ENGLISH (text, audio, or video) and note down characteristics of this type of speech.
Note down the ways in which the English language is used and what it reveals about the speaker. What assumptions do you make? What links do you make between the way the speaker/writer uses language and their identity? To what group(s) do you think the speaker belongs?
* You must complete these tasks for homework. You will present your findings for #3 during our next class (Thursday).
Your tasks are:
1) After reading the Linda Thomas article, read the article about "What Your Speech Habits Reveal", here:
http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/reveal/
2) Afterwards, make sure you have definitions for the following terms:
Dialect Jargon Taboo Pidgin
Idiolect Argot Register Creole
Sociolect Slang Vernacular Code-Switching
Ethnolect Colloquial Lingua Franca Language Crossing
3) Working alone OR in a pair, find ONE example of idiolect, dialect, sociolect, or ethnolect in ENGLISH (text, audio, or video) and note down characteristics of this type of speech.
Note down the ways in which the English language is used and what it reveals about the speaker. What assumptions do you make? What links do you make between the way the speaker/writer uses language and their identity? To what group(s) do you think the speaker belongs?
* You must complete these tasks for homework. You will present your findings for #3 during our next class (Thursday).