COURSEWORK 1

Coursework 1



Coursework 1

First Exercise

The Distinction between the Terms Accent and Dialect

A dialect is a variation of the main language, spoken by a particular sub-group, and the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation change the main language / supplements. Dialects by social, historical, cultural or geographical circumstances arise easily. An example of a German dialect would be the platform, or the contemporary Berlin accent (Genzel 2005: 875). Each region in Germany speaks with a dialect, called the High German dialect-free is effectively only a written language (even abroad learned a dialect of German is tainted - that of teachers), where there are areas that have less strong dialects. For example, where one can be understood Oberfranken just yet, say a Lower Saxon dialect almost free.

An accent refers to pronunciation of a language and thus is not necessarily meant the mother tongue. Accents are always part of a dialect, but cannot be equated with that, because no grammar or vocabulary, accents include changes. An example would be an American accent in German - or the other way, a German accent in English (Genzel 2005: 876).

New Englishes

New Englishes are languages in regional and national areas where English is not the mother tongue of the majority of the population. These languages have specific and formal properties such as lexical, grammatical, and phonological, which differ from those of British or American Standard English (Burkett et al. 2008: 877). For instance, new englishes may include English language in Singapore, which is known as Singlish (Singapore English), English in China known as Chinese English, and Hinglish.

Monolingual

Monolingual is defined as only one dominant language, or it is written in only one language. For example, all children in one class are monolingual. On the contrary, multilingual socialized children are compared with those who grow up monolingual, often at an advantage. Another example can be in the written test, the high school students only use monolingual dictionaries (Collier 1992: 189).

Monolingualism is a fact sociolinguistic, psychological and cognitive development associated with the act of speaking a single language. It is the opposite of bilingualism and multilingualism. The people of Cuba, Uruguay, Denmark, Germany, Portugal and Japan, are often viewed as monolingual. People whose first language is widespread in the world is culturally influential or economically useful, have a high probability of being monolingual.

Grammar

Grammar is the science that studies the elements of a language and their combinations. ...