above sea level
People
Population: 22.6 million (52nd world rank)
Merina in the middle high, Betsimisarakain the east coast, Betsileo in the south high, composing half of the population.
A total of 18~20 tribes exist.
Language
Official language: French and Malagasay (local Madagascar language)
7 Dialects exist in Malagasay
Drastic differences in diction choices and word meanings
dialect to standard variety
From 반말 to 존댓말
Style-shifting: a linguistic performance mixed with consciousness (multiple identity, formality) and unconsciousness (Gender, formality)
The reason why the difference in the length of their residence in Seoul does not show any relation with the standardization
- Maybe a weak factor compared to other factors
Interviewee’s gender: females
1. An outline of a nation
A. Characteristics of a nation
a. Language
Spain’s official language is Spanish (español). It is spoken by the vast majority of its people. Spanish has two major dialects—Andalusian and Castilian—which differ in their pronunciation of certain sounds. In a number of regions of Spain other languages are also important. Catalan, a relat
different language) 연구와 성차별어(gender-discriminative language) 연구로 나뉜다.
또한 성별언어는 어떤 어휘가 남성이나 여성에 대해서 특유하게 쓰이는 어휘인 ‘대상어’(objective genderlect)의 측면과 남성과 여성이 특유하게 발화하는 ‘발화어’(utterable genderlect)의 양상을 살필 수 있다. 따라서 남성어(men's la
dialect 언어vs방언
There are no universally accepted criteria for distinguishing languages from dialects, although a number of paradigms exist, which render sometimes contradictory results.
방언에서 언어를 구별하는 보편적기준에 허용에는 비록 짜임새숫자일지라도 때론 모순된 결과를 존재해 주었다.
The exact distinction is therefore a subjective one, d
different language,
they wear different clothes.
They dont look like us.
The people...
The common people love drama.
Thats true.
They watch soap operas.
Thats why you cant believe
any of these rumors.
How is it?
It doesnt seem to have changed.
- It isnt bigger?
- It isnt smaller, either.
Well have to watch it.
What a thought, watching my ass.
The Reds make up these stories
and the people believe
dialect of Matoban, spoken throughout the south central African belt.
Did you see anyone? - No, but l think that they saw me.
Why didnt you report this last night?
lt didnt mean anything to me at the time.
Rather, l didnt know what it meant. - But now you do.
l heard something today.
l dont know if lm permitted.
lt was in a closed... - You are.
ln fact, youre obligated, as you were last night whe
dialect:
(SUBTITLES OVER)
PREACHER
... a brother has been called home.
God has spoken through the death of
our neighbor, Jacob Lapp...
THE FAMILY
where Rachel, Samuel and Eli are sitting- SOUNDS
of emo-
tion and grief not quite suppressed are heard
throughout as:
PREACHER
... husband of Rachel, father to
Samuel, son of Eli.
(and)
His chair is empty, his bed is
empty, his voice will be heard no
mo
different type of colonist, one that emigrated for religious rather than national or economic reasons.
- Since the English language arrived late to the New World, it was by no means inevitable that the English would dominate, even in their own colonies. But by 1700, the strength of the (mostly religious) literary output of New England had made English the preeminent language of early American lit
Cultural studies: an introduction John storey
Preliminary Definitions- What is culture?
Storey’s introduction to “What is Cultural Studies?” include different perspectives from varying scholars, but they can all seem to be pointing –roughly,- at one direction: Culture is “a particular way of life, whether of a people, a period or a group”(Williams)