The Gullah Geechee Socialization

The analysis of the study shows that the African- Americans during the 17th and 19th century toward the white settler many dialects that existed in the Southern American colonies that existed at the time. The black people who lived in America needed to use the language as a tool in their everyday life in order to communicate. As a result of that they acquired the language and transformed it adding their own elements in it so they can speak it easier. The study admits that AAVE was not a creole but a reconstruction of the dialects that existed in the southern colonials . The main three factors that AAVE was never a creole are: First, plenty of attributes such as “negative copula/perfect ain't, invariant don't, negative concord” were absorbed into the AAVEE without the slightest change from settlers dialects. This also was the case with a few phonological letters for example , “of /n/ for /ng” in participles and gerunds. Second, there is a majority of language features that are not complete. That happened because of their half

Growing up as an Immigrant in America, you grow to learn social conformity is prevalent and plays a key role in the systematic oppression of free thinkers. Social conformity does not only dictate the way you view issues but also makes you shy away from letting your own beliefs be heard. There are many ways people conform, television and social norms being the predominant forces. By having observed these behaviors at an early age, I’ve grown to develop my own moral judgment and have met like-minded individuals who share the same outlook on the ills of society.

There are no official records on how Blackstone got named hence it is not likely named by surveyors or by other official visits. From Walter Beatty 's field notes of 1871, created as he surveyed some timber limits, the lake was already named and hence this is a second indication that naming via official routes is unlikely. The original names of the surrounding lakes, such as Crane, Otter, Horseshoe and Rankin all have known native names. It is thus seems likely that Blackstone is also a native name. But what would be the story behind it? Crane Lake is named after the most important totem of the Ojibwe and the otter is also a totem. Rankin which was Cook and before that, Che-pah-gua-ne-ne-ha, Anishinabe for 'a place of portage ' is clearly

They declared Ebonics a language based on African roots while borrowing vocabulary from English. McWhorter was the only linguist that represented a con position. He talks about how those children had more problems with the schools themselves than just the linguistics. He thinks that African American children should be able to speak whatever they want to and be proud of it. For example, McWhorter talks about in the late 1800’s, in southern Sudan, slaves that spoke many different languages were put into “occupying Turco-Egyptian armies” that were under Arabic-speaking leaders. Arabic was used by soldiers to communicate with one another, while on plantations, Arabic was at first a pidgin variety that soon expanded into a form of creole. McWhorter says,”Expelled from the country by nationalist forces, these soldiers were resettled permanently to Uganda and Kenya, where their descendants still speak this creole Arabic called Nubi, Unintelligible to speakers of Arabic

Language is used to convey a message as well as connect people to a particular culture or ethnicity he or she identifies with. People who share the same language share a bond and pass their history through language. In chapter one of The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom Joanne Kilgour Dowdy speak about growing up in Trinidad and her mother insisting on her speaking in the colonizer's language rather than her native Trinidadian language. Joanne Kilgour Dowdy felt as if her identity was being pushed to the side when she was forced to speak “Colonized English” when she was at school or around the social elite of her community, and felt ridiculed from her peers for speaking proper as if she was white or of the elite social class. Dowdy major concern was how to have the freedom to go back and forth from home, language to the public language without feeling judged from both sides of her

Gullah Geechee is the culture of African descendants who incorporate the traditions, customs, and history from Africa while integrating Christianity and preserving the ancestral heritage. Gullah Geechee culture is still present in various forms of media including literature and historical content of southern regions. The culture is well preserve and very influential even in present-day literature. It is evident that the Gullah Geechee culture influence the literary works of Ntozake Shange in particular the novel Sassafras, Cypress,& Indigo. But to what extent does Gullah culture influence the development of the title characters ? Shange incorporates magical realism including ancestral heritage, customs and historical content. Analyzing the

Humans rarely change their ways; they stay in their own worlds and always interact with the same types of people. Unfortunately, this habit often creates unseen barriers that divide and alienate human beings from one another. In Luis Alberto Urrea’s book The Devil’s Highway, Urrea provides a personal perspective to immigration by telling the story of 26 illegal immigrants, known as the Wellton 26, who are abandoned as they cross the Mexico-U.S. border. Through their story, Urrea proves there are invisible borders among people that create prejudice, such as language, ethnicity, and economic status. By reading The Devil’s Highway, it is clear that these barriers must be broken down to ensure harmony within society.

Language is an integral part of every distinctive culture. It represents a way of life and a way of communication among those that share similar traditions, values, and heritage. The Irish people have consistently been faced with foreign cultures encroaching on their land and threatening not only their culture but also the Gaelic language itself. In Brian Friel’s Translations, the language barrier between the Irish and the English people is explored. The characters are faced with the difficult decision to either give in to the new, foreign language or remain true to the language of the land and resist these changes. Through his characterization of Sarah and Hugh, Friel depicts the feeling of powerlessness that occurs

My Grandmother, born in Lafayette, Louisiana, is African, French, and Native American. The origin of our Cajun ethnic group can be traced back to the Acadians who were mostly French Speakers coming from Acadia (Klingler, Thomas and Chantal 275). Currently, the population of Cajuns has a great social impact in Louisiana. Their presence in the community led to the interaction with other ethnic groups such as the Africans in which they shared common resources (Klingler, Thomas and Chantal 275). The result of the interaction was therefore intermarriages and the sharing of various social facilities such as churches that led to the emergence of improved cultures. The diversity of the cultures

The language spoken by the people of six nation was similar enough. Although, there was no written language at that time so everything was passed orally from generation to generation. In mid 1800’s a man named Asher Wright gave the language a written version in English alphabets. Later in 1900’s the proper dictionary and text were

Languages are an important part of any culture, especially dying cultures that need to be preserved. This true for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, a group of Native American tribes who originally spoke many different languages. They were all forced onto a small reservation, completely wiping out their lifestyle and almost completely wiping out their language. Their story needs to be told, both how they almost lost their language forever, and how they are rebounding today. To preserve the culture of the Confederation of Siletz Indians, the story of their languages needs to be told because their culture has been lost, but a language offers a way to save part of the culture, and their story can provide to hope to many Native peoples

In the 16th century, Europeans arrived onto the “New World”. This side of the World had never been discovered and was completely unknown according to the Europeans. This undiscovered world was soon to be colonized by the foreigners, but there was one discovery that interested and put perspective into the new comers. This discovery was human civilization on this land. These people had fascinating lifestyles, languages, and religions totalling into a completely different culture. These people are known as Native Americans. The Native Americans are proven to have been on the North American continent for close to 50,000

There were three main characters and their stereotypes that stood out to me. The Mexican locksmith, the young idealistic cop, and the Iranian Shopkeeper. The stereotype of the Mexican locksmith was that he would sell the keys to the lock he just replaced to his Mexican buddy’s so they could break in and steal from the house. This seemed to phase him a little bit so, he gave the home owner both of the keys and walked out without saying a word. Later that night he forgot about what happened and was happy to be home and see his daughter. I was happy to see this because he only focuses on the important things in life, like being home safe, with his family. He also tried to fix the Iranian Shopkeeper’s lock on his door. The locksmith told him that

To some the word multiculturalism has negative connotations, but if one were to examine the true meaning of multiculturalism, they would find it is a purely positive development. Multiculturalism is not simply about respecting another race; rather a multiculturalist attitude requires recognizing other cultures, religions, languages, and customs as valid and valuable. Adopting an attitude of multiculturalism allows a person become a considerate individual who is sensitive towards the differences of others, and is reverent of those differences. Teaching people about diverse cultures and ethnicities aids in preventing prejudice, additionally, by doing so, people learn to appreciate the uniqueness of others and not rely on hasty, discriminatory

Seeing as language is a way of one expressing itself we can connect language to identity. As in order for one to demonstrate itself we have to be able to express our feelings and emotions and we do so through communication. Some characteristics of language is that it's dynamic, meaning that it changes constantly for example, the English people speak now is not the same English that people used to speak hundreds of years before. Language changes and modernizes itself in order to evolve and has many variations through dialects. Different language communities have certain ways of talking that will set them apart from others and those differences are known as dialects. Dialects are not just accents but also grammar, vocabulary, syntax and common expressions used.One is able to identify and distinguish between different people, different ethnicities and races as people speak different languages. Each human belongs to a community which makes them speak a specific language and dialect that represent their community and differentiates them from others. Language connects people to their community as they are connected to people that speak the same