Essays Tagged: "Dialect"
Paul Laurence Dunbar
erican poet, short story writer, and novelist.I. IntroductionII. American poetA. Literary EnglishB. Dialect poet1. 'Oak and Ivy'2. 'Majors and Minors'3. 'Lyrics of Lowly Life'4. 'Lyrics of the Hearths ... riting in a comparatively formal style of literary English. Dunbar's other identity was that of the dialect poet, writing lighter, usually humorous or sentimental work not merely in the Negro dialect ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
The setting and its impact as seen in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper"
any cases, the setting will allow you to understand the character on a higher level rather than the dialect or actions of him or her alone.In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wall-Paper the setti ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Puddn'head Wilson by Mark Twain
r realistic writers, concentrate on specific regions of the county and their custom, social status, dialect, and types of humor.In Pudd'nhead Wilson, Twain shows that humans begin as blank slates whos ... ut in a most embarrassing situation. He could neither read nor write, and his speech was the basest dialect of the Negro quarter. His gait, his attitudes, his gestures, his bearings, his laugh - all w ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Cherokee, on native Americans
ry stretched from North Carolina to Virginia to Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama. They spoke a dialect of Iroquoian language and their ancestral relatives (the Iroquois) occupied much of the Nort ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Diversity within English
anguages spoken here,but we can also find diversity within these languages. All languages have both dialectical variations and registralvariations. These variations, or dialects, can differ in lexicon ... ily less proper than, say,Standard English. It depends on where, by whom, and in what situation the dialect is used as to whether or not itis appropriate.Most people are familiar with regional dialect ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies
Essay on "Grapes of Wrath" by Steinbeck. Examines the different ways Joads tried to keep united within the family or with others who shared the same struggles and sufferings.
and wants to be a part of there unity and their long forsecurity. Steinbeck's use of the characters dialect isastoundingly excellent and unmistakenly realistic of theJoad's culture. Without this dialo ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
haiti
h is the official language of Haiti, although majority of the people speak Haitian Creole, a French dialect. Roman Catholicism is their religion, but African gods are still worshiped and voodoo is pra ... h is the official language of Haiti, although majority of the people speak Haitian Creole, a French dialect. Roman Catholicism is their religion, but African gods are still worshiped and voodoo is pra ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
history of the english language - word origins, how english was derived
Normandy, invaded and conquered England and the Anglo-Saxons in 1066 AD. The new overlords spoke a dialect of Old French known as Anglo-Norman. The Normans were also from Germany and Anglo-Norman was ... Old French known as Anglo-Norman. The Normans were also from Germany and Anglo-Norman was a French dialect that had considerable Germanic influences in addition to the basic Latin roots.The next wave ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Ever Changing English Language. How has the American English dialect changed over the years? What are the three main areas of change?
s. Through travel and colonization, the language spread like wildfire. From country to country, the dialect changed and formed different English. Of all these, American English is one of the most unde ... on, the American English language has changed greatly. From colonial days to the new millenium, the dialect has grown with its country and its people. Hopefully, American English will survive to see t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies
The Language of Hawaii
Pidgin is a dialect of English spoken in the Hawaiian Islands. It consists of theshortening of many words common ... primarily spoken in the lower class neighborhoods consisting of theHawaiians and the Filipinos. The dialect has been associated with the members of theseneighborhoods and their problems, such as, alco ... waiian, are both proud, interesting, and contain their own prescriptions towardbehavior. The pidgin dialect is a major part of life in the lower class Hawaiianneighborhoods. For most children in these ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies
Regarding the Book
giving it more of an impact. She used symbolism, applied her tone as an author, and used a specific dialect for her characters, all in letter form. It's important to the author to use these devices in ... ing in stone an image of a depressed, abused soul.As was most prominent, the book had a distinctive dialect, seeming almost badly written to untested readers. In fact, Walker used just the right kind ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
This essay is about the slang used in the past and how it realtes to the slang children use in the present.
The dialect of the past definitely had its share of slang. Slang in my belief is a way a generation of c ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
About standard english and why it should or shouldnt be used
hat process of language becoming. This "English" is really a collection of "English's" comprised of dialects, slang, technical jargon and slogans we learn from television, movies, and magazines. Howev ... rn from television, movies, and magazines. However, Grammar books commonly describe one of the many dialects spoken in America, "Standard English." When people use terms such as "good" grammar; or whe ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies
The following is a curriculum covering seven lessons, designed for the eleventh grade English classroom.
despite the odds. The works they will read range from Beowulf, which was written in the West Saxon Dialect of Old English between the eighth and tenth centuries, to Death of a Salesman, first perform ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The Critic" Twain, a severe critic of the general public and its cruel, inane conventions, ridicules religion, lower class, and upper class, in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
n's novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," pokes fun at society on all different levels. From dialect and word usage to religion and people's actions, many aspects of society are satirized. This ... vote ag'in." (Twain, p.27) Twain criticizes Pap many times throughout the novel, either through his dialect, his stupidity, or his ignorance.Mark Twain ridicules the upper class right alongside of the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
This is a 3 page essay on Emily Dickinson. It was written for Literature of the U.S. II. In this piece I illustrate that Dickinson wrote of Love, Life, and Death.
the poems by smoothing out the rhymes and meter, changing the line arrangements, and rewriting the dialect (Dickinson, 17). Even though theses changes take away the emphasis Emily poems contain, the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing
Environmental discourse in the work environment.
nvironment was filled with acronyms and abbreviations. Although it was customary to speak in such a dialect, I had a hard time keeping up with a conversation. The workplace is one of many different pl ... of time. I have been with the county for over three years and have come accustomed to the different dialect that is used in the office. I am responsible for a lot of hiring and when we do new hire pap ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
"There eyes were watching god" by Zora Hurston.
rly intended for the reader to distinguish between the diction in her narration, and the colloquial dialect used throughout the majority of the novel. Using the two types of language was justified bec ... population, she achieved a heightened sense of realism. By meshing these two exceedingly different dialects Hurston was able to give her work a profoundly individual aura.Most effectively, the "dual- ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The Secret Sharer" and "Heart of Darkness" written by Joseph Conrad.
elves. Joseph Conrad's books are also similar in the ways that they both consist of a good and evil dialect. Joseph not only writes about good and evil but how a good character associates with an evil ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Sons and lovers and 1984, functions of the Nottinghamshire dialect and Newspeak.
D.H. Lawrence sets the plot in Nottingham, so he uses the Nottinghamshire dialect in order to give realism to his book. So the function of this one would be to make more cred ... born in Nottingham and belong to a low class of society. Let's see some examples of the use of the dialect throughout the novel:1. " I canna see what there is much to laugh at", on page 72, Morel use ... honna', instead of 'shall not'.It is important the fact that D.H. Lawrence makes Morel talk in this dialect, but the rest of his family speak in a more correct way. Does this mean that the author uses ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers