dialect variation 2

asian influenced english

-13.5 million asians + 750,000 pacific islanders living in US - largest asian pop in california and NY -vowel production- less vowels than English, different vowels, no lax or tense -Consonant production- clusters are simplified

Spanish-Influenced English

-Spanish has largest # of speaker in US after english -largest hispanic population in california, texas, flordia -vowel production- only 5 spanish vowels -consonant production- shared consonants

ethnic dialects: ethnolect

-dialect associated with specific ethnic group -often related to social class, language background and geographical region

phonological mismatch

-lack of sound in L1 that exists in L2 -L2 sounds exist as allophones in L1 - sound common to L1 and L2 is pronounced differently -syllable structure differs between L1 and L2

language diversity in US

-over 40 million US resident born in foreign countries -almost 20% of US population speaks non English at home

English Language Learners

-phonology of native language (L1) will influence pronunciation of sounds in (L2) -language transfer

social dialects

Associated with one's social class, occupation, education, income

African American English

Dialect of some African American communities characterized by certain pronunciations, idioms, and grammatical constructions different from those of Standard English. -spoken more by young, males, working class