Linguistics

This assignment asks you to consider how language use and attitudes relate to various dimensions of LaGuardia’s Global Learning Competency.

These include how Global issues

Strengthen students’ knowledge and understanding of divergent global perspectives and pluralistic views
Raise students’ awareness of how diverse cultural perspectives based on nationality, race, class, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, and sexuality are shaped within global contexts.
Help students recognize and understand the origins and influences of their own heritage as well as its limitations and develop a position with a systemic understanding of the interrelationships among the self, local and global communities
Broadens students’ perspectives on ethics and power locally and globally

Part 2 Assignment
In Part 1 of this assignment, you looked at your own language/dialect or variety and discussed attitudes that exist towards your language/dialect. In Part 2, you will choose another language/dialect and research the attitudes that exist about that language/dialect. You may not choose the same language you wrote about in Part 1.

Here are some questions to guide your research and to get you started writing:

Provide background information about this language. For example, how many first language speakers of the language are there? What parts of the world is it spoken in? Who speaks it? Is it commonly spoken as a second language/dialect? Where and who speaks it as a second language/dialect?
What attitudes exist about this language/dialect? What are some things different people might say about it? Give some examples.
Is this language/dialect perceived in different ways in different areas or contexts? What are the differences and why do you think this is?
What social factors do you think are associated with attitudes that people have towards this language/dialect? Racial? Socioeconomic class? Cultural? Education? Ethnic? Sexual or gender identity association? Physical/mental impairment? Anything else? Explain why any of these might contribute to people’s attitudes towards the language/dialect.
After answering these questions, think about the language attitudes that you wrote about in both parts of this assignment and discuss the following in your conclusion:

how people perceive others based on how they speak
how these attitudes might be another way in which various forms of discrimination continue to occur
what steps can you take to counter these perceptions and prejudices?

If using a Word document, your paper should be 3 pages minimum, with 12pt Times New Roman Font and 1 inch margins. You must cite two sources (not including the textbook) in Part 2 of the assignment using APA or MLA format.

If you need help choosing a language to focus on in Part 2, you may investigate one of the following languages, or you may investigate one of your own choosing:

South African Bantu speakers as perceived by White South Africans
South African Afrikaans speakers as perceived by Black South Africans
Haitian Creole speakers as perceived by Dominicans
Quebec French speakers as perceived by Parisian French
British Cockney English speakers as perceived by upper class British
Tibetan speakers as perceived by Han Chinese
Korean speakers as perceived by Japanese
Saami speakers as perceived by Finns and Norwegians
Oromo speakers’ attitudes towards other (minority) language speakers in Eritrea
Amaric speakers attitudes towards Tigrinya speakers in Eritrea
Basque speakers as perceived by Spaniards
Hutu Bantu speakers and Tutsi Bantu speakers attitudes towards each other