Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Intro help please
If anyone could give me feedback on this intro, and what should or shouldn't be in there.
“Age, Race/Ethnicity and Gender are the three key determinants of language use.” Discuss in relation to Australian English language and society.
This is my intro:
It is true that these three human characteristics, Age, Race/Ethnicity and Gender, in general, are the three key determinants of language use. Age is a determinant of language use because it determines the lexical choices we will make and it can determine the use of HRT (High Rising Terminal), which refers to a feature of some accents of English where statements have a rising intonation pattern in the final syllable or syllables of the utterance. Race/ Ethnicity are determinants of language use because each variety of a language has a slightly different lexicon. It is also a key determinant in identifying their belonging to a particular ethnic group. Gender is also a key determinate because gender determines what words you will use. Also another reason is the accent you use is determined by gender with a vast majority of females speaking cultivated Australian compared to males. But first, in order to fully comprehend the significance of these three key determinants of language use we must have a grasp of the history of Australian English.
I'm not all that good with intro's so any help would be appreciated. I've done the rest of the essay but decided to leave the touch up of my intro till last.
“Age, Race/Ethnicity and Gender are the three key determinants of language use.” Discuss in relation to Australian English language and society.
This is my intro:
It is true that these three human characteristics, Age, Race/Ethnicity and Gender, in general, are the three key determinants of language use. Age is a determinant of language use because it determines the lexical choices we will make and it can determine the use of HRT (High Rising Terminal), which refers to a feature of some accents of English where statements have a rising intonation pattern in the final syllable or syllables of the utterance. Race/ Ethnicity are determinants of language use because each variety of a language has a slightly different lexicon. It is also a key determinant in identifying their belonging to a particular ethnic group. Gender is also a key determinate because gender determines what words you will use. Also another reason is the accent you use is determined by gender with a vast majority of females speaking cultivated Australian compared to males. But first, in order to fully comprehend the significance of these three key determinants of language use we must have a grasp of the history of Australian English.
I'm not all that good with intro's so any help would be appreciated. I've done the rest of the essay but decided to leave the touch up of my intro till last.
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Age, race/ethnicity and gender are three key determinants of language use. Age determines the lexical choices we make, and it can determine the use of HRT (High Rising Terminal) , a feature of some English accents in which statements have a rising intonation pattern in the final syllable or syllables of the utterance. Race and ethnicity are also determinants of language use because each regional variety of a language has a slightly different lexicon, and this is key to identifying the specific ethnic group.
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Age, race/ethnicity and gender are three key determinants of language use. Age determines the lexical choices we make, and it can determine the use of HRT (High Rising Terminal), a feature of some English accents in which statements have a rising intonation pattern in the final syllable or syllables of the utterance. Race and ethnicity are
Age, race/ethnicity and gender are three key determinants of language use. Age determines the lexical choices we make, and it can determine the use of HRT (High Rising Terminal), a feature of some English accents in which statements have a rising intonation pattern in the final syllable or syllables of the utterance. Race and ethnicity are
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Thanks, that is great. Is there anything else that would be good to have in there? Or is it fine?
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