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Week 12 Tutorial 10 Sociolinguistics

Week 12 Tutorial 10 Sociolinguistics. Kwok Zhi Hao Geraldine Tu Xue En Lee Xiong Wei Joshua Reanna Suela. Question 1:. Cockney Dialect and Reflexive Formation. Cockney Dialect and Reflexive Formation. Part A).

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Week 12 Tutorial 10 Sociolinguistics

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  1. Week 12 Tutorial 10 Sociolinguistics Kwok ZhiHao Geraldine TuXue En Lee Xiong Wei Joshua Reanna Suela

  2. Question 1: Cockney Dialect and Reflexive Formation

  3. Cockney Dialect and Reflexive Formation Part A) To create a reflexive pronoun, put possessive pronouns together with the noun ‘self’.

  4. Cockney Dialect and Reflexive Formation Reflexive pronoun = possessive pronouns + ‘self’ Part B) Part C) Actual third person pronouns in Standard English:

  5. Cockney Dialect and Reflexive Formation Reflexive pronoun = possessive pronouns + ‘self’ A prescriptive approach: The forms in B are correct using the above rule However, they are incorrect as they are not used in the modern standard English. Part D) Descriptive approach: The forms are important in helping us understand the use of reflexive pronouns in the different dialects Should not condemn the forms used in Cockney

  6. Cockney Dialect and Reflexive Formation The Cockney Dialect is more “systematic” because all the first, second and third person reflexives follow the same rule.

  7. Question 2: Contact linguistics and TokPisin

  8. Contact linguistics and TokPisin

  9. Contact linguistics and TokPisin

  10. Question 3: Language Policies and Planning Dilemma

  11. Language Policies and Planning Dilemma

  12. Language Policies and Planning Dilemma

  13. Decision: English • Based on number of ticks • Most popular language in the world • Modernisation • Government’s interest to modernise and be integrated into the world market • Long term education policy • Courses for the working population

  14. Question 4: What is linguistics?

  15. What is Linguistics? • Study of how people communicate • Explains how language evolves • Explains how we understand each other despite differences in speech / tone / grammar • Explains how language develops in the brain and in society • Descriptive and scientific approach to study language

  16. Why Linguistics? • Language is one of the greatest tools and defining aspects of humanity • Linguistics is at the center of the universe (Week 1), study language to learn about the world and humans/humanity • affects every dimension of our lives (political, business, cultural, psychological) • from individuals to whole societies • tell us about our histories and development (physical and social), our current state, and our possible future

  17. Thank you

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