There are many variations of Portuguese. The two that I will be focusing on are Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese is spoken in Brazil while European Portuguese is spoken in Portugal. According to data collected at a Canadian University, some students argued that one version, European Portuguese, is a language while the other, Brazilian Portuguese, is a dialect.
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
What language/dialect have you chosen for reflective essay #3? Why did you choose it? What do you expect to find? (your hypothesis)
Even though there are many Japanese dialects, the Japanese that is taught over the world that is considered is the Tokyo dialect. And because of this. people harder every notices the second biggest Japanese dialect known as Kansai dialect. People in Japan usually calls Kansai-ben but there are more formal ways in say it like “Kansai hogen” or “Kinki” dialect.
This linguistic landscape was taken at Roosevelt ave & 81st, I picked this one because it has Spanish and English. This area is well known for the Hispanics that live around here and that’s one of the reasons why the majority of the signs are in Spanish. This area is also known for the advertisement of lawyers. Lawyers for immigration
The sign I have chosen to discuss is a vinyl sticker on a car. The sticker contains only text, which is in white, and reads “Yo Soy Boricua, Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!”. This quote translates to “I am Puerto Rican, just so you know!”, and is in a large, cursive font. The symbol is monolingual (Spanish), and is located in
Why do the authors of the article/chapter state that “language standarisation does not symbolise an actual end-product”? (Explain in your own words). What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of standarizing languages?
Linguistic Landscape Linguistic landscapes can be found all around us. You may not notice them as often due to the fact that they may be things that you see every single day, especially when live in a location like New York City. Here is a linguistic landscape I discovered during a trip to the manhattan side pier with my niece
This week in class we have discussed the relationship between language and power. We did spend more time with Tannen’s article, but could you relate the multiple definitions and relationship of language and power presented in Talbot et al. introduction (Monday reading) and Tannen’s work? who do you think gets heard and why?
It was hard for me to find a multilingual sign around the neighborhood I live in currently (Deer Park, Suffolk County). I’ve lived in the city my whole life up until recently so I wasn’t to familiar with the linguistic landscape myself, but I realized that at my job we have customers that come from all over the world because