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By definition, linguistic profiling is the analysis of a person's speech or writing, especially to assist in identifying or characterizing an individual or particular subgroup. For this assignment we read Hella Nor Cal or Totally So Cal? (2007) to further learn about linguistic profiling.

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The four domains of language are reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Reading: a kindergarten teacher reading the text in a book to his/her students
Writing: writing a position paper for english 101
Speaking: asking tourists for directions in New York City
Listening: hearing the loud music at a concert

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According to the Solano-Flores article, we learned about language differences in written assessment. I was able to piggyback to the article by putting my own experiences as an english language learner. (My first language was a Chinese dialect.)

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After reading
Cultural Capital vs. Economic Capital vs. Social Capital (2012), I learned about how cultural capital, economic capital, and social capital relate and affect each other.

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After reading the article, The Early Catastrophe, by Hart and Risely, I learned about word gaps. Word gaps, by definition are the differences in the total number of words spoken to children of rich and poor families by the age of three.

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Artists have used their music to make statements they are true to. Their views may be a cultural, religious, political, or educational issue. For this assignment, I analyzed a song, and described what message it was expressing.

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connection between class, language, culture

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connection between class, language, culture

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For this assignment, I read about the situations of two schools in New York. We were able to use the roles of cultural, social, symbolic, and social capital to better understand the premise.

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summarizing dialect and culture theories

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summarizing dialect and culture theories

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We read two articles, Culture and Language (2013) and Early Childhood (2016), which allowed us to learn about unrealized differences and the impacts that they have on students' development.

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californian vs. new yorker, the skin quilt project: africanisms in gullah/geechee dialect, or varieties of new orleans dialects

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californian vs. new yorker, the skin quilt project: africanisms in gullah/geechee dialect, or varieties of new orleans dialects

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After watching three videos (Californian vs. New Yorker, The Skin Quilt Project: Africanisms in Gullah/Geechee Dialect, or Varieties of New Orleans dialects), here is a summary of what I learned.

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californian vs. new yorker, the skin quilt project: africanisms in gullah/geechee dialect, or varieties of new orleans dialects (questions and responses)

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californian vs. new yorker, the skin quilt project: africanisms in gullah/geechee dialect, or varieties of new orleans dialects (questions and responses)

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After watching the three videos and reading the article, I had to respond to three questions.

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I learned about sociolinguistics by reading Gumperz & Cook-Gumpers' Studying Language, Culture, and Society: Sociolinguistics or Linguistic Anthropology?

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I took a dialect quiz on TheUpshot to let it determine what dialect of english I spoke. Based on the answers I chose, the results I got were Raleigh, Glendale, or Corona, but I am not from any of those places.

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We took a look at a dialect map and determined if the pronunciations fit the area where we were from.

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Dialect is a form a language that is distinct to one specific area. Individuals grow up speaking the language they are most comfortable with hearing or speaking. Some individuals, like me,  are even able to speak multiple languages. All individuals possess a dialect that traces back to their origin. People from all over the world have a unique accent or tone while speaking certain words or saying certain phrases. The English, Irish, Korean, Japanese, and other foreigners who did not grow up speaking english possess noticeable accents in their speech. This might seem absurd or abnormal to our ears, but it is the norm for those individuals.

Born from parents who were both raised in China, I grew up speaking three languages. Now, you may be wondering, “Jade, if you’re Chinese, shouldn’t you be bilingual instead of being trilingual?” I guess you could say that, but I am able to speak three languages, two of which are Chinese dialects. I am an english, mandarin, and fujianese speaker. My first language was fujianese, which was spoken to me by my parents, and basically all of my family members. Because this was my first language, I lacked some skills in my english-speaking. When i first began school, I had to be put into ESOL, which was a program in school for students who did not have sufficient english communication skills. To this day, when i visit the motherland, I still get complimented on my fujianese-speaking skills. Many fujianese children these days are not trained to speak the language anymore, so we’re more of a dying breed. I learned to speak english through ESOL. My teacher was proficient in teaching me how to sound out simple english words and sentences. From then on, I developed my english-speaking and made my way out of the ESOL program at my elementary school. I know what you may be thinking, “You only addressed three languages. What about mandarin, the other language?” Well, let me tell you about that now. My mother signed me up for this Chinese school on Sundays, starting when I was in the first grade. Every Sunday, I’d sit in the front-most seat in the classroom to keep up with what the teacher was teaching. I first started with the basics of pinyin. I sounded out “bo”, “po”, “mo”, and other phonetic sounds crucial to learning the chinese language. From then on, I diligently practiced my mandarin whenever i had the chance to. And after about ten years, i graduated from chinese school, earning a successful score on the AP chinese test.

There are a little more than seven billion individuals on this earth, each having his/her own unique dialect. What your dialect is depends on where you were raised, where you grew up, and what lingual situation you have at home.

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Linguistic assumption is when an individual sends a message with the expectation that others are decoding or reading the message as intended. All of us speak differently, and sometimes, we just assume that the person we're speaking to automatically understands what we are trying to convey.

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This was one of the first discussions we have had. I read three articles about three individuals who were international students attending a high school in Baltimore. Reading about "Torn Between Two Worlds", "Facing Hardships, Facing Resilience", and "The Newcomer" let me learn about Narmin's, Exel's, and Monique's experiences while struggling to adjust in a new learning environment in a strange, alien country.