Chapter 6 Flashcards

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A set of beliefs and assumption shared by a group of people that guide how individuals think, act and interact on a daily basis.

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Culture

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In addition to learning to speak the language their family speaks, children also learn

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how, when, why and with whom to use their language.

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3
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  • “Relates to a person’s beliefs and values”
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Culture

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4
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o	Religion
o	Geographic location
o	Age
o	Level of education
o	Socioeconomic status
o	Race or ethnicity
o	Gender
o	Sexual orientation
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what culture is influenced and shaped by

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5
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female, white, middle ages, Christian, American, Midwesterner, married, mom, SLP

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we tend to identify with more than one culture

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6
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  • Linguistic features that vary across cultures:
    o Vocabulary (semantics)
    o Nonverbal cues and gestures (and other pragmatic rules)
    o Phonology
    o Morphology and syntax
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Culture’s effect on language

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7
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A rule-governed variant of the language

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Dialect

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8
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2 types of dialect

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  1. Standard Dialect

2. Non-Standard Dialect

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9
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Set of rules used by the majority of individuals who speak the language

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Standard Dialect

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10
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Minimally different set of language features spoken by other speakers of the language.

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Non-standard Dialect

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11
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The dialect spoken by any given group of people is neither superior or inferior to the dialect by any other group of people (True or False)

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True

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12
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o Different rules for pronouncing phonemes (phonology)
o Different use of vocabulary (semantics)
o Different grammatical forms (morphology/syntax)
o Differences in eye contact, gestures, body language, and position, etc. (pragmatics)

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Dialects differ in all 5 domains of language

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13
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Different rules for pronouncing phonemes

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Phonology

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14
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Different use of vocabulary

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Semantics

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15
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Different grammatical forms

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Morphology/syntax

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Differences in eye contact, gestures, body language, and position, etc.

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Pragmatics

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17
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The characteristics of speech or variations in pronunciation of a given language

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Accent

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18
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Differences between accent and dialect are only found in phonology (True or False)

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True

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19
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All accent can be part of a dialect (True or False)

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True

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20
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Three major regional dialects in the US

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  1. New England and Northeast Region
  2. Midwest
  3. South
21
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Dropping the /r/ and adding the /r/ where it doesn’t belong

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New England and Northeast Region

22
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Example: Amander or Idear

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New England and Northeast Region

23
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Main, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont/New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

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New England and Northeast Region

24
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submarine sandwich=

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grinder. (New England and Northeast Region)

25
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soft drink=

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tonic. (New England and Northeast Region)

26
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hamburger=

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hamburg. (New England and Northeast Region)

27
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hot dog=

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frankfurt. (New England and Northeast Region)

28
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Dropping endings like /ing/ which then become /n/ such as gettin=getting

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Midwest and Northern Region

29
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Running words together such as jeatyet?= Did you eat?

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Midwest and Northern Region

30
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Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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Midwest and Northern Region

31
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diphthongization/tripthongization of traditional short front vowels:
o /æ/ → [æjə] pat: paaaat
o /ɛ/ → [ɛjə] pet: peeet
o /ɪ/ → [ɪjə] pit: peeer

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Southern Region or “Southern Drawl”

32
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Social/Cultural Dialects (3)

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  1. African American English
  2. Hispanic English
  3. Anglo-Saxon English
33
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Use of these dialects not determined by the color of one’s skin, or one’s national heritage, but by the culture and models one is surrounded by when they are learning language (True or False)

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True

34
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A systematic, rule-governed, phonological, grammatical, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic system of language.

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African American English

35
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f/th (Tooth=Toof)

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African American English

36
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d/th (That=dat)

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African American English

37
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Dropping the /s/ for plurals and possessives

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African American English

38
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/ch/ for /sh/ (Bush=butch)

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Hispanic English

39
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/s/ for /z/ (zoo=soo)

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Hispanic English

40
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/t/ or /s/ for /th/ (Thumb=tum or sum)

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Hispanic English

41
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o	Interruption is tolerated
o	The most assertive person has the floor
o	Indirect eye contract during listening
o	Direct eye contract during speaking
o	Emotional Intensity in communication
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African American English

42
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o Physical closeness during conversation
o Emotional intensity in communication to demonstrate sincerity and beliefs
o Avoidance of eye contact may be a sign of respect while maintaining eye contact may be considered a challenge to authority

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Hispanic English

43
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o Appropriate to interrupt in certain circumstances, one person has the floor until the point is made
o A preference not to show emotion
o Eye contact during listening denote attentiveness and respect

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White/Anglo Saxon

44
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A set of language features that characterize the way a speaker talks in a specific context

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Register

45
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When a speaker can easily slip back and forth between registers depending on the conversation context.

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Code Switching

46
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Does everyone who speaks English speaks in dialect?

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YES

47
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Is standard American English one dialect?

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YES

48
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All other dialects, based on geographical, gender, racial or ethnic differences, must be learned and valued if respect and equality are to be pursued. (True or False)

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True