Experience with linguicism

Running Head: ENGLISH 1
Experience with linguicism
Name of student
Name of University

ENGLISH 2
Introduction
The use of language is seen as an essential human ability, and the kind of language one
uses and how he speaks gets reflect his experiences with the language. The same language can be
spoken differently by different people and may sound different. The paper evaluates if Robyn
Kina and Daisy Li had the same experience with linguicism.
Robyn Kina, an aboriginal woman, was unable to express herself arcuately in English,
and that led to her incarceration. As she could not express herself clearly in English, she was
unable to defend herself. Thus, in her case, her experience with linguicism is negative as she
faced language discrimination that further led to miscommunication and injustice. Daisy Li’s
case is quite similar to Kina as she is not able to speak the standard form of English and with the
right accent. Although she did not suffer any imprisonment, she did face emotional and social
isolation. Her experience with linguicism is that of discrimination in society.
Although Robyn Kina and Daisy Li had did not face the same experience with
linguicism, their experiences can be linked as they both suffer from language discrimination. In
Kinas' case, it is her Aboriginal communicative style that is the problem while Daisy Li, who is a
Chinese immigrant, suffered because of the limitations of her English. Sociologists and linguists
assert that language skills are developed under the influence of family and peers. The more
insular languages spoken by immigrant families do impact language development in the next
generation (Tan, 1990)
Tan (1990) explores the sense of perfect English in her mother, Daisy Li’s English, which
is neither an English nor a Chinese structure. It is the passion, imagery, the rhythms of the speech
that reveal the nature of her thoughts. Tan finds herself using a different kind of English at home