Almost all over the world, all regions have their own accent and/or dialect. The United States, China, India, Australia, even England. These two terms do not mean the same as many believe. An accent refers to the way a person says something that’s different from the standard way of saying it. A dialect refers to a whole new version of
Reflective Essay #2: Linguistic Landscape For the past few days, we have been discussing linguistic landscapes and we were given the assignment to go out and take a few pictures of what we thought was to be a linguistic landscape. I went to Jackson Heights (74th Street) and took a picture of near a currency exchange place. Near that currency
A) Where was the picture taken? The picture was taken in Jackson Heights (74th Street). B) What language(s) are used? In the picture, you can see that the signs are in English and it’s not as noticeable but by the door, there’s a sign in Bengali as well. C) What do the signs say? The most noticeable sign in the
Growing up, I spoke mainly two languages, Hindi and English. I wouldn’t use English as much at home as I would when outside but I did tend to mix it in with my Hindi. In fact, I would, or rather do, tend to mix in Punjabi as well. As an Indian who lives in the U.S.A, the way I talk
Myth: You can always recognize someone’s background by the way he/she talks. I believe this myth is not always true mainly because of the environment a person grew up in. To give a better understanding of what I mean, here’s an example: If you meet a person in the United States, chances are, by the way, they talk, you can probably guess