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Essay | Language Privilege - CCEN 4010

Analytical reading and writing assignment on language and communication, focusing on grammar, dialects, and linguistic issues in the justice system.

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University of Hong Kong

   

Introduction to Literature in English (CCEN4010)

   

Added on  2020-03-04

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CCEN 4010 - The folowing paper has an essay on the topic : Language privilege. It focuses on essay question - How does the ‘ideal’ of a Standard form of English affect people in real situations? This essay triggers the issue of language privilege in the light of four article. 

Essay | Language Privilege - CCEN 4010

Analytical reading and writing assignment on language and communication, focusing on grammar, dialects, and linguistic issues in the justice system.

   

University of Hong Kong

   

Introduction to Literature in English (CCEN4010)

   Added on 2020-03-04

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Running head: ANALYTIC READING AND WRITINGAnalytic Reading and WritingName of the Student Name of the UniversityAuthor note
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1ANALYTIC READING AND WRITINGEssay Question: How does the ‘ideal’ of a Standard form of English affect people in real situations?IntroductionLanguage privilege is something that most of the society does not talk about. Thisterm may seem to be a surprise to many who are not familiar with travelling abroad.However, to others, who have had travelled abroad at least once in their lives, it is not really asurprise. The global field is extremely accessible for them who can speak English. This isalso because most of the English speakers have considered in their minds that others arefamiliar with their languages (Rapoport, 2016). However, this mindset also tends to limit theminds where they do not really understand knowing a different language can be of anadvantage too. However, other than that, different dialects of English are not considered as apart of the ‘sophisticated’ genre of language. This essay triggers this issue of languageprivilege in the light of four articles. Discussion Language is always associated with a sense of prestige within any speech community.The prestige provides the explanation for one specific variation within the language. Thatparticular prestige variety is the one which is considered by the society to be correct or thesuperior one. Therefore, the speakers of a specific variety are considered to be thesophisticated ones, even if others are speakers of the same language. However, there areseveral speakers of English who tend to choice grammatically correct phrases and wordswhile talking in a prestigious situation, while in other places, they use the colloquial versionof English (Bauer, 2014). Most of times, the fractured and the broken parts of English havebeen considered as the ‘limited English’ as well (Tan, 2017). It has been observed in different
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