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Thank you for a great semester!

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Braden Vaughan - Assignment 3 Reflection

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Mirrors:
Looking into the Pittsburgh dialect
Reading about the ACT
Seeing examples of code-switching

Windows:
Discussing eating in different cultures
Hearing about different dialects
Reading about ESOL students

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Below is my dialect map from the New York Times quiz that we took. My results for the quiz  gave me a most common from Pittsburgh down to Texas. I thought my results were pretty good and it was a lot of fun to be able to see what dialects I most fall into. This is related to class because it is something that we did in the modules and that I found stuck with me. I enjoyed being able to look into all of the different dialects in the country during this week.

source:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html?r=8040404k0800106010j200000040000k080k010001020l0200

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This picture shows some of the types of social capital. Social capital is something that can be used to gain more of other types of capital. I found this aspect of the class especially interesting because of the examples of how the three different types of capital interacting with one another. Social capital was different from the other two because it had to be gained by yourself by creating relationships. This photo is related to class because  is breaks down social capital even more and shows different forms of it. I this this is very easily understood and makes social capital easier to understand.

source:
https://medium.com/@natashadeacon/its-time-to-get-out-more-building-relationships-that-increase-social-capital-b15686e3ad16

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This artifact is data of languages spoken in the United States put into maps. This is eye catching due to how many different languages are shown on the map.This is relevant to the class because it shows how diverse our country is when it comes to communication. This makes a point to show how important it is for our education system to be good for ESOL students. There are a lot of languages spoken in the country, so English should not be the only language that schools teach in.

source:
https://matadornetwork.com/read/most-common-non-english-languages-us/

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This is a short skit from the TV show Key & Peele. In this video, President Obama has just finished a speech and is meeting people afterwards as he is leaving the venue. There is a line of people waiting to meet the president, some white, some black. During the clip, President Obama code switches depending on who he is meeting. While talking to white people, Obama uses a very formal dialect, however when he is meeting black people, he code switches to a much more relaxed and informal dialect. This is relevant to the class because it shows a funny example of code switching.

source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nopWOC4SRm4

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This photo is of a group of dogs and a cat. One dog looks at the cat and says "meow." Behind, are two more dogs and the one says "Must be nice to be bilingual." This is funny because the dog is just saying meow and the other dogs are assuming it can speak to the cat. This photo is related to our class because of the dog trying to code switch in order to speak to the cat. I think this is a funny example that incorporates topics from the class.

source:
https://awinlanguage.blogspot.com/2017/06/kinds-of-code-switching.html

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This diagram was from our reading on the different types of capital. I found this as one of the more interesting topics that we covered in the class. I enjoyed discussing the ways that capital played a role in one another. Initially, I remember thinking this diagram ignored some important features of life that impact different types of capital, but after spending more time learning about it, I believe that it is very solid. Economic capital is such an important aspect of life and makes gaining other forms of capital much easier.

source: https://languageascapital.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/cultural-captial-vs-economic-captial/

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In this scene of Atypical, Sam, who has autism, is approached by a police officer. One of Sam's coping mechanisms for when he is in stressful situations is to recite species of penguins. The police officer sees this and assumes that Sam is on drugs. This is an example of linguistic profiling because the officer makes an assumption about Sam based off of the way he was communicating. This assumption ended up being incorrect and made the situation worse. This is relevant to the class because it is an example of linguistic profiling that is being made aware of through media.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFq2JRk6uMQ

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This is a shirt that is for sale from a store in Pittsburgh named Steel City. "Yinz" is a term for "You all" in the Pittsburgh dialect. Therefore, a "Yinzer" would be someone from Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is known for their dialect and the local media has started to use terms like "Yinz" and "N'at" commonly. This is related to the class because it shows dialect becoming popular in a city's culture. This proves the connection between language and culture.

source:
https://shopsteelcity.com/products/yinzer?_pos=20&_sid=c5207bb5b&_ss=r

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The movie Sorry To Bother You was shown last year at the Hoff Theater. In this movie, the main character starts a job as a telemarketer. Throughout the movie, he learns that in order to be more successful with customers he needs to change the way he speaks. Instead of using his normal, more relaxed dialect, he starts very proper English. This is relevant to the class because it shows the assumptions made based off of dialect. When on the phone, the only way to communicate is through speaking (which is one of the four domains of language). This shows the importance of dialect.

source:
https://www.amazon.com/Sorry-Bother-You-Boots-Riley/dp/B07FN637JM

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Hong Kong Protestors use Pop Culture in their Protests

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Hong Kong Protestors use Pop Culture in their Protests

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The photo below includes a quote from John Lennon's "Imagine". This is relevant to the class because this quote has been used recently in Hong Kong during the protests that have been in the news. Using culture as a way to connect one another is a great example to show that communication leads to social capital. The protestors in Hong Kong used this quote to increase the backing of their cause and increase their numbers. Joining groups where you are trying to improve situations is a great form of gaining social capital. Social capital is the networks and relationships that you gain.

source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/opinion/hong-kongs-pop-culture-of-protest.html?searchResultPosition=1.