sábado, 23 de junio de 2012

Communities relationed with language


Latin actress from Modern Family

"A group of people that share the same customs, interests, laws or traditions, and language" (Course Companion IB Book)...And that's what a community is, but lets carry this topic to the practical items.
Communities are also relationed with knowledge (last post), and they are groups of people with the same interests in an area. Probably you are part of many communities, like for example your language, your school/work, your friends, etc. And also we can say that We, as human beings, are a community.
Your community (and knowledges) also affects your accent. You may have noticed that many people speak different Englishs, and you are correct! "Spanish" English is one of the most common types of language in the US. Even in some TV shows there are important characters that speak this English.

                                  Watch it by yourself!


In the last video, you could appreciate by yourself a special accent of the English tongue.

Also Ebonics it's a popular type of English spoken by African American people. As the other types, it has got many mistakes in the pronunciation. But something that makes special the Ebonics, is that they also write their English different, just how they speak it. Words like "goo" (for good) or "gimme'" (for give me) are written by this community. Also they write sometimes with some rhymes along the texts, and it may have similarities with some slang vocabulary. 

Ebonics

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