group 3 regional variation revised
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REGIONAL VARIATION
Group 3
1.Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Hường2.Huỳnh Thị Kim Dung3.Nguyễn Thúy Hà
A British visitor to New Zealand, he looked up a friend in Auckland. He found the address, knocked on the door.
“ What can I do for you?”, a young man who opened the door
“ I’ve called to see my old mate” said the visitor
“ Oh, he’s dead now mate”, the young man said
The visitor was about to express condolence the he saw his friend. The young man had said “ He’s dad now mate”, as his father came in the gate
To British ears a New Zealander’s dad sounds like an English’s person dead, bad sounds like bed.Americans and Australians as well as New Zealanders tell of British visitors who were given pans instead of pens.On the other hand, American’s ladder is pronounced identically with latter
Mistakes based on regional accents differences
rubber or eraser? petrol or gas?
diaper or napkin? pavement or sidewalk?
AMERICAN vs BRITISH
Three Major U.S. Regional Dialects
Northern
Midland
Southern
Isogloss: a line to show the geographical boundaries of the distribution of a particular linguistics feature
Best known sets of isoglosses in Europe
Regional variationRegional variation In different regions of a country, there can be
some variations in the language used. These variations can be in the pronunciation, the vocabulary, or even grammar. But, it is very apparent that the language is the same language.Ex: the Scotts speak English distinctively different from speakers in England.
Definition: Regional variation is varieties of a language which is spoken in different geographical areas.
International varietiesInternational varieties There are differences in varieties spoken in
different regions, for instant: differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar.
Example: Australians : sole parents England : single parents New Zealanders : solo parents
Intra-national or intra-continental Intra-national or intra-continental variationvariation
There are differences in language spoken in every continent, the pronunciation and the intonation pattern, grammatical usage and vocabulary items.
The high level of intra-national communication together with the relatively small populations, may have inhibited the development of marked regional differences in these countries.Example:
West of New Zealand : gravel East of New Zealand : sand
Cross-continental variation
Dialects on the outer edges of a geographical area may not be mutually intelligible, but they will be linked by a chain of mutual intelligibility.
Dialect Chains are very common across the whole of Europe.Varieties of Dialect chains:-German, Dutch and Flemish (Switzeland)through Austria and Germany, to the Netherlands and Belgium.- Portuguese and Spanish, Catalan, French and Italian.
Fill inthe blank with a suitable word :He spoke the language in a regional .........,
which made it impossible for me to understand him.
A. dialect B. jargon
C. voice D. accent
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A. dialect
F
50:50
Speakers who have a distinctive regional dialect will have a distinctive regional accent; but the reverse does not necessarily follow.
Do you think that regional dialect is as the same as or different from regional accent?
Statement of argument:Statement of argument:
Regional Accent refers to features of pronunciation which convey information about a person’s geographical origin.
Regional Dialect refers to features of grammar, vocabulary,
pronunciation which convey information about a person’s
geographical origin
different
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fair
fur
ai
They real good vs. They are
really good.
TEACHING IMPLICATIONS
Focus mainly on the areas of dissimilarity between the regional languages and English for contrastive studies
This focus should be on the areas of phonology, lexis, syntax and semantics
More assistance should be given to learners in the areas of dissimilarity between English and the local languages in order to facilitate learning and mastering the used of the language.
Holmes, Janet. (2001). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. London: Longman.
Wardhaugh, R. (2010). An introduction to sociolinguistics (6th ed.). United Kingdom: Blackwell.
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