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As a direct result of the origin of these languages, however, they are usually used by members of the lower social classes of the societies in which they are used. The languages also tend to have many different varieties with members who are considered in the lower class expected to use the varieties further away from the European base of the language and those in the upper classes speaking the variety closest to the one spoken in Europe. This attitude continues to be a source of stigma for the many persons who still use the vernacular. Many persons who use the vernacular are said to feel insecure about their language and therefore may avoid situations where they have to speak publicly. Also, students often refuse to participate in discourse …show more content…

Rickford (1985) refers to Language Attitude as ‘how people feel about the language varieties in their speech community. The incident cited in the rationale to this paper is a very common situation that exists in the country. This is a situation where the people who live in the urban areas generally feel superior to the members of the country who live in rural areas because they do not speak the same. The language situation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is such that the further one travels from the urban areas the further the language differs from the Standard English. This exposes the rural citizens to continual ridicule from the more competent English Language speakers whether they are simply shopping in the stores, attending school or just being in the public eye as a politician or other public …show more content…

Vincent and the Grenadines. This means that the top performers in the Caribbean Primary Exit exam (CPEA) from throughout the country are usually placed at this school. The students from the rural areas who attend these schools are generally called names and discriminated against, even by teachers, if they are not able to produce the quality of The Standard English that it is felt befits a student of these schools. There are many undocumented stories of students being discriminated against by both teachers and other students because of the way they speak as the students are generally told that there is no place in such esteemed establishment for the vernacular. A reflection written by a past student of one of these institutions is appended. One student complained that for an entire year her teacher made her read in literature class every day as a means of fixing her speech. This caused a level of embarrassment and further helped to encourage the negative attitude perpetuated against the use of the

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