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Major Assignment #1

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To clearly define and explain what language means to me

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what language was to me

what it became

what it is now

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The language I've always known comes from my household.

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in the South and was heavily influenced by the southern drawl of my grandparents and mom.

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That's So Raven "Hizzouse Party" Clips - Raven's Jam

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(my mom used to play this all the time when I was younger)

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What I've come to notice about language is merely what and how I've been taught to present it effectively. That is, though a narrow base of elevated vocabulary. This need to sound "knowledgeable" started in high school, where I was taught to write and speak in a way that did not reflect my own voice. This need was cultivated by the influence of the literary canon--a series of books that are known to be valued in respects of Western literature and more personally, how I presented myself in academic and professional spaces.

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your Shakespeares, Fitzgeralds, Goldings etc.

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Because I was taught that this way of speaking and writing was the only effective way to do so, I felt as if it was no different in places outside of the classroom. All in all it made me scared to use my own voice. Almost as if anything I said wasn’t good enough or would not be understood.

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From a general standpoint, this showed me that we are taught to succumb to Standard English and any other form of English is shunned as a result.

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and what have I come to know about what it is and what it is not?

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11. THERE ARE NO RULES WHEN IT COMES TO LANGUAGE!

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11. THERE ARE NO RULES WHEN IT COMES TO LANGUAGE!

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and this is what I’ve realized

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(from my essay)