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May 29, 2010 •
The interlanguage reflect differing degree of social, economic and political penetration of societal structures, these structure being controlled by native speakers of the standard language. Another related phenomenon must be considered in reference to the generation of different dialects of English or of English-based languages – the situation where these societal structures are maintained by...
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May 27, 2010 •
In examining the social and linguistic dimensions of immigrant English, we have seen that the size of the immigrant group and their characteristics on dimensions of status, power, mobility, prestige and wealth, can influence the variety of English acquired. All language learning, whether the child learning his mother tongue, or an adult acquiring a second...
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May 18, 2010 •
Despite the huge numbers of immigrants settled in the English-speaking world in the last century, relatively little is known about the learning of English by immigrants. The linguistic dimensions of immigrant assimilation have tended to arouse interest only in instances of unsuccessful adaptation. Some immigrant groups have developed functionally adequate but socially unaccepted or non-standard...