WHY DO INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES VARY AMONG PLACES DIALECT

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WHY DO INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES VARY AMONG PLACES? • DIALECT • REGIONAL VARIATION OF A

WHY DO INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES VARY AMONG PLACES? • DIALECT • REGIONAL VARIATION OF A LANGUAGE DISTINGUISHED BY DISTINCTIVE VOCABULARY, SPELLING & PRONUNCIATION • ISOGLOSS • WORD USAGE BOUNDARY • WHAT ROLE DID ORIGINAL ENGLISH SETTLERS PLAY IN DIALECTS OF NORTH AMERICA? HOW MANY? • NEW ENGLAND: 2/3 ANGLIA • SOUTHEASTERN: SE ENGLAND, MORE SOCIALLY DIVERSE • MIDLANDS: MOST DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICALLY

VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION POP? SODA? TOMATO? TOMAHTO? • • • ROLE OF: GLOBALIZATION COMMUNICATION

VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION POP? SODA? TOMATO? TOMAHTO? • • • ROLE OF: GLOBALIZATION COMMUNICATION TRANSPORTATION SOME WORDS NOW NATIONAL • DIFFUSION AND MIGRATION DIRECT RELATIONSHIP MOVING WEST • • HOW IS DIALECT PATTERN SIMILAR TO FOLK HOUSING PATTERN IN U. S. ? • PAJAMAS (FATHER) • PAJAMAS (JAM) • WHAT IS “THE CITY”?

IDENTIFY WAYS UK & US DIALECTS DIFFER • • • WHAT GROUPS INVADED BR.

IDENTIFY WAYS UK & US DIALECTS DIFFER • • • WHAT GROUPS INVADED BR. ISLES? ANGLES, JUTES, SAXONS – GERMANIC NORMANS – FRENCH STANDARD LANGUAGE: WELL ESTABLISHED & RECOGNIZED DIALECT & MOST ACCEPTABLE FOR GOV’T BUS, ED & COMM. BRP OR RP: BRITISH RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION: NAME OF STANDARD LANGUAGE OF ENGLAND HOW DID RP DIFFUSE IN 15 TH CENTURY? WHY WOULD PATTERN OF ISOGLOSSES IN ENGLAND BE MOVING? MIGRATION PATTERNS WHO IS NOAH WEBSTER? VOCAB, SPELLING, PRONUNCIATION NATIONAL LANGUAGE, NATIONAL PRIDE, ESTABLISH US AS SEPARATE FROM ENGLAND