This article is a little bit longer than most we read but it contains a lot of very fascinating information about Utah dialect. A dialect is a variation of a language that has unique characteristics that other speakers of the language may think is strange or in some cases laughable. After reading the article include a short summary or an answer to the discussion question in the comments below.
"How are dialects percieved in your first language? Are people embarrassed if they speak dialect? Or is it seen as something to be proud of?"
This article talked about Utah dialect. Some people consider Utah dialect as things rural and backward. A BYU professor says that dialect is viewed just as the culture is viewed about the prejudice. Also, another professor claims that every dialect is changing continuously.
ReplyDeleteIn Italy there are many dialects for every region, in my region they speak dialect between the young or older people and they do not be embarrassed about that they like because it belongs to them. I think anyway that it is better if they speak the own language because it is more nationalist than one dialect that is from only for one part of the territory.
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This article was talked about Utah dialect and anything else. Many people have thought that Utah dialect is hick because Utah dialect doesn't pronounce "t" sound,and vowel sound collaped before "L" like feel-fill and fail-fell. However, people who are living in Utah said that it is just kind of dialect, and all dialect languages are changing.
ReplyDeleteThe article explained the interesting way of Utahns speaking English and how they are known for this way of speaking. This article also said that the Utah dialect is changing. For example the older people say words like this Spanish Fark instead of Spanish fork. Is now common to listen to people drop their T's like mountain they say ‘mow’un’.
ReplyDeleteThe official language in Taiwan is Mandarin Chinese, but most people also speak Taiwanese. This is similar to a dialect used in the South-East coast of China called Min. Some people also speak Hakka in Taiwan which also originates from South-Eastern China. Also Native Taiwanses might know their own indigenous language.(It sad that the indigenous languages are dying.) People with Taiwanese dialect accent usually from older age group or grew up in the countyside. If a young person has strong Taiwanese dialect accent, unfortunately people are most likely to make fun of him/her. Strangely, people think the accent of Native Taiwanses are cute because Native Taiwanses seems to have happy and innocent personality.
ReplyDeleteOpps I guess my comment was too long and got cut off.
ReplyDeleteThe first sentence should be: In Taiwan, the official language is Mandrain Chinese, and most people also use Taiwaness.
this article talk about that people from Utah speak a dialect English. I think that en every place people talk in different form, even if the speak the same language. Even from one family to another they have different expressions of communication. I think that if you are going to another place you will realize that in people speak different to you. Also they have error in the language. Jennifer Bradford
ReplyDeleteThis article said that Utah English is different from other states and Utah English still stigmatized. Utah English include the collapsed vowels before L .. feel-fill,fail-fell... so some people said that I've never heard here before. I think English is Language. so it can change depends on city or states, or whatever. I'm really interested in this article.
ReplyDeleteYes! In my country, some people are embarrassed if they speak dialect. I remember years ago, I went to my uncle in law's house with my family during Chinese New Year. And I was talking to my cousins in Hakka(one kind of dialect in Taiwan), my cousins told me to stop talking in Hakka. Because they said people who speak Hakka sounds like they are from countryside. But for me, I don't care, and I feel comfortable and close to talk in Hakka with my parents. I think it depends on people.
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