Bilingualism, language shift, and identity Flashcards
Functions of code switching
appeal to the literate convey meaning ease communication greater authority emphasize point
Emphasizing
special attention or importance
Equivalence Constraint Rule
code switches are allowed within constituents as long as the word order requirements of both languages are met at the sentence structure
Vowel Raising
make a point or emphasize
Official English
Having English as our official language simply means that for the government to act officially, or legally, it must communicate in English
English only
Laws that seek to establish English as the official language of the United States.
Global English
is the concept of the English language as a global means of communication in numerous dialects,
Lingua Franca
a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both mother tongues
Lexical gaps
s a word or other form that does not exist in some language but which would be expected to exist given the grammatical rules of the language
Arrive—-ArrivAL
Triggering
A presupposition trigger is a construction or item that signals the existence of a presupposition in an utterance.
Preformulation
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in-group distinctions
share our particular qualities are our “ingroup,”
out-group distinctions
do not share our particular qualities are our “outgroup”
Chicano English
a nonstandard variety of the English language influenced by the Spanish language and spoken as a native dialect
Discourse Markers
a word or phrase that is relatively syntax-independent and does not change the meaning of the sentence, and has a somewhat empty meaning. “you know” “i mean” “right”
