Language and Ethnicity || Definitions

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  • Created on: 16-01-17 15:45
Nationality
An aspect of identity that refers to the country of a person's birth or citizenship.
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Creole
A variety that has developed from a 'pidgin' or trade language to become a stable language used by speakers as their mother tongue.
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Patois
An alternative term for creole, sometimes spelt 'patwa' to distance the language from apparent connections with Europe, and to suggest how it should be pronounced.
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Resistance Identity
An identity that goes against mainstream culture.
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Super-standard forms
Language use that deliberately intensifies the standard forms of mainstream culture.
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British Black English
A wide-ranging label, but often referring to a variety used by some speakers within the Caribbean community in the UK
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Multicultural Urban British English
A label that refers to the way in which Multicultural London English has spread to other large conurbations in the UK
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Code mixing
The inclusion of words and phrases from one language in another.
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Code switching
Switching between different languages in a sustained way.
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Linguistic appropriacy
The way in which language choices reflect ideas about what is appropriate for any given context.
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A variety that has developed from a 'pidgin' or trade language to become a stable language used by speakers as their mother tongue.

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Creole

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An alternative term for creole, sometimes spelt 'patwa' to distance the language from apparent connections with Europe, and to suggest how it should be pronounced.

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An identity that goes against mainstream culture.

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Language use that deliberately intensifies the standard forms of mainstream culture.

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