Michigan's Upper Peninsula Variety of English and its Usage

Philosophy & literature   |   Linguistics   |   Term papers   |   12/04/2007   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « 1 In this paper I would like to take a closer look at one of the common uses of a dialect, namely, the use of a dialect as a form of identity. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Dialect defined. Language > Dialect > Idiolect. Dialect as identity. Geographical influences on dialect. Possible causes of the decreasing use of dialect as identity. Population change. Economic structure. The resort Industry...»

Images of identity in feminist and immigrant Canadian literature - Interior landscapes of the self in Munro and Ricci

Philosophy & literature   |   Literature   |   Term papers   |   04/27/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « the members of any given nation-state with a shared sense of collectivity, identity and belonging. They spoke the most flattened form of the local dialect . ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Emigration from Southern Italy. The first person perspective of Vittorio . Cristina's inability to deny or hide an affair. Vittorio's relationship with his mother . The contrast between Cristina's rebellion in Ricci's book and the...»

Comparing Italian American immigrant families to black American families: A sociological analysis of the family in America

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Term papers   |   04/29/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « 87) She writes of how dialects frame identity in Italy are spoken in America as a form of resistance her own associations to the southern dialect she learned at ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. History of the African Americans . The African-American and the Italian-American communities . The study carried out by Harry, Klinger and Hart. The article by Letiecq . Study by Cain and Combs-Orme. Italian-American cultural...»

The national minority of Finland

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Term papers   |   05/09/2009   |   .doc   |   9 pages
Document abstract : « Jewish people in Finland speak a dialect of northeastern They number approximately 800 and form a well have succeeded in maintaining a distinct identity and in ...»

Synopsis abstract : «An overall analysis of the subject. The Swedish-speaking Finns. The autonomous regime of Aland. The Roma. The old Russians. Jewry in Finland. The Tatars. A special focus on the Sami. Their history. Their cultural background. The Sami media and their...»

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