Essays about: "Sociolinguistics"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 89 essays containing the word Sociolinguistics.

  1. 21. Swedish and Greek Teachers’ Perceptions of their Role in Heritage Language Education

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Eirini Akavalou; [2020]
    Keywords : Heritage language; heritage language education; heritage language teachers; language maintenance; ethnic identity; ethnolinguistic vitality; sociolinguistics; Greek; Swedish.;

    Abstract : Migration flows have created various educational needs worldwide. One such is HeritageLanguage Education as people claim their right to connect with their cultural, traditional,religious and linguistic background while they reside abroad. Ethnic communities haveestablished settings in which they aim to sustain their ethnolinguistic capital. READ MORE

  3. 22. "Play ball!" : A Study of Speech Variations and Characteristics of UK Sports Commentary

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Liisa Bergström; [2020]
    Keywords : sports commentary; speech variations; sociolinguistics; accents; dialects; gender; jargon; slang; colloquialisms; sports;

    Abstract : This study uncovers how and to what extent UK sports commentaries vary in terms of speech variations and other sociolinguistic factors, such as social class and gender, in relation to the social status with which different sports are associated. It also analyses how the use of jargon, slang, colloquial forms of English, and other linguistic features are incorporated in the commentaries of the sports and how it affects the information expressed by the commentators. READ MORE

  4. 23. "When You're a Star" : Analysing Accusations of Sexism and Misogyny against President Donald Trump

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Panagiotis Fitopoulos; [2020]
    Keywords : Sociolinguistics; Pragmatics; Context; Linguistics;

    Abstract : Donald J. Trump is unarguably a controversial United States president for a number of reasons, and one of these is that he has attracted widespread criticism from the media and elsewhere with regard to comments he has made about specific women, or women in general. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Aspects of “Be” in selected rap and Hip Hop lyrics: A marker of cultural identity?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Beatriz Helgotsson; [2019-12-16]
    Keywords : engelska; African American Vernacular English; grammar; Hip Hop Nation Language; cultural identity; sociolinguistics;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the use of the African American English (AAVE) verb be in lyrics written and performed by four African American rappers, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Gucci Mane and Future. This paper also demonstrates how the verb be in AAVE is used by these rappers to construct cultural identity. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Aragonese resistance : A qualitative study on the attitudes and motivations of new speakers of an endangered language in Zaragoza

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Erik Fau Blimming; [2019]
    Keywords : linguistics; sociolinguistics; aragonese; languages; minority; endangered; revitalization;

    Abstract : While the number of Aragonese speakers is in steady decline in the rural areas of Spain where it was traditionally spoken, the efforts of grassroots movements since the end of Franco’s dictatorship in 1975 have contributed to create a community of new speakers in Aragon’s largest cities, mostly thanks to courses for adults organized by cultural associations. The capital, Zaragoza, which has been practically monolingual for centuries, after Spanish became the language of power and prestige in the 15th century, is now home to several thousand Aragonese speakers. READ MORE