Community's Use of English Language and Its Relation to Identity

This presentation explores how social communities use the English language and how it is related to their identity. It discusses accents, slang terms, and the impact of language on community interactions.

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Project

Table of
contents
 Introduction
 Community's use of English language
 Relation of the language to the community's identity
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction The English language is among the primary languages of many
countries like Canada, Australia, the United States, New Zealand, the
United Kingdom etc. and as a second language in a number of other
countries. The report explains how social community uses the
English language and how it is related to the community's identity.
Social communities can be defined a structure in which people share
cultural as well as personal values, view points as well as attitudes.

Community's
use of English
language
Languages vary among countries as well as communities in various
regions. English is a language that is spoken worldwide in different
ways but with the main objective of understanding what is being
communicated. Also, the language has evolved over time and there
are various new phrases and slang terms that got added to it. Most
people in social communities speak with their own accent known as
received pronunciation.

Cont.… English is a language that originally originated in the mid 5th to 7th
centuries. The English language that is used in the United Kingdom
is known as British English. Also, 95% of the social communities in
the United Kingdom are known to speak English as their primary
language. There are many accents and pronunciations across different
social communities and age groups.

Cont.… Pronunciation also varies as different communities have different
patterns of speaking the language. Local communities have their own
accents which might be hard to understand by a person who is not
familiar with the pattern of how the language is spoken. It is known
that some communities in the United Kingdom mix their mother
tongue with English language which gives rise to a totally new
variety or form of the same.

Cont.… Impact of language on the community
Also, various other social communities within the region have
seen a drastic impact on their day to day language. Like people in the
young age groups now use various slang terms irrespective of the
culture they belong to. The English language as we know it today
was first spoken in the Great Britain. This is how the language got
transferred to the mouths of other communities. When members of
the community interact with each other, they do not pay their primary
attention to the kind of grammar they use, their accent as well as the
vocabulary which makes the interaction very informal and casual.

Cont.… Since the process of colonization varied among various regions, the
pattern in which the language was spoken also varied. However,
English language still remains to be a second option for many
communities, but still tops the list of the most widely spoken
international language. Also, increasing commercialisation and
economic powers among various regions has also impacted the ways
in which various social communities of the United Kingdom speak
English language

Relation of
the language
to the
community's
identity
There are people of different age groups that are included in a social
community and have their own pattern, pronunciation, accent of
speaking the language. This has proved out to be their identity the
community of a person through the way in which he speaks and
pronounces different words. Children have their own slang while
adults have their own way of communicating and speaking. All the
can be identified in the way a parent speaks out and tells a story to his
child. The language has become the identity of the communities as
people have their personal accent and the language is easy to
understand and relate among the members of same communities.

Cont.… All of this reflects that UK's pattern of speaking the language
depends on its culture. Also, the language a community speak
becomes the most important aspect of its identity. Language not only
conducts identities but also express the same. Also, language
becomes the aspect the reflects the culture of a community. Various
influences also impact the way a community is identified based on its
language.

Cont.… Features of the community's language
The identity of a community also reflects its empire as people from
different communities interact with each other which also impacts the
way in which a person speaks as both of them learn new slang terms
from each other and thus transform the words and pronounce them in
their own language. Young people pick up new interesting slang
terms when they interact with other people of different communities.
Thus, the way in which the language is spoken is informal, direct and
easy to connect.

Conclusion By above discussed point it can be conclude that English is one of the
mostly used language around the world. It is also consider as
common language through which help a person in communicating
with other who didn't know or understand local language. Moreover,
it can be said that it help communities of different location, religion
and culture to interact with each other in effective as well as
successful manner. Also, the usage of vocabulary, grammar, accent
differs when people interact with each other in a friendly and
informal way.

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