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Microsoft PowerPoint - 2015-09-13 - Lecture 1 Hongkish and
Chinglish.ppt []12 September 2015
What you see.
What you see.
How many colours are there in a rainbow?
Edward Sapir (1884-1939) “Language” 1921 1910-1925 Chief of the Division
of Anthropology Canadian Museum at Ottawa
Sapir-Whorfian Hypothesis
He saw language as a verbal symbol of human relations and language shapes our perception. The way you see the world.
Sapir’s view on LANGUAGE
Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897- 1941) Undergraduate Student of
Sapir at Yale
Sapir-Whorfian Hypothesis
He related culture and actions to language. Language is shaped by culture
and reflects the individual’s actions of people daily.
Whorf’s view on
Language as a part of Culture
What is Culture? the total way of life of a people the social legacy the individual acquires
from his group a way of thinking, feeling, and believing an abstraction from behaviour a theory on the part of the anthropologist
about the way in which a group of people in fact behave
Clyde Kluckhohn
“Mirror for Man”
What is Culture? a "storehouse of pooled learning" a set of standardized orientations to
recurrent problems learned behaviour a mechanism for the normative
regulation of behaviour a set of techniques for adjusting both to
the external environment and to other men
Clyde Kluckhohn
“A Guide to Language and Writing” Terry Locke
You are the language you use. You are expressed by the language you use. You are identified by the language you use. You are shaped by the language you use. Your cultural heritage speaks to you in the
language you use.
Sometimes, you are manipulated by the language you use.
The language you use can empower you in your dealings with the world.
“A Guide to Language and Writing” Terry Locke
Context of Situation The language we use is always
dictated by the situation we are responding to.
“A Guide to Language and Writing” Terry Locke
Context of Culture The language we use is always
dictated by the general cultural situation we live in.
text genre
subject matter
purposeaudience reader
Language Use in the Contexts of Situation & Culture Terry Locke
“A Guide to Language and Writing”
Written form Spoken form Which form existed first? Which form is more important
in our daily life?
Accents of English Standard British English Standard American English Standard Australian English Standard Indian English Standard Canadian English Singlish? Hong Kong English? Chinglish?
Honglish?
Hong Kong : English English and Chinese (Cantonese) are the official languages. Because it has been a British colony for over a century, the English spoken here is British in both vocabulary and pronunciation.
Roger E. Axtell
“Do’s and Taboos of Using English Around the World”
Accents of English
poor pore pour
Accents of English What’s on telly tonight, John? I have to do some hoovering
tonight. Do you have a Kodak?
she them the month
Phonetics
What time is it now? Would you please call me back
tomorrow? You will come tomorrow, won’t
you? We are going to have an
experience-sharing session next Monday.
Sound Changes in Running Speech
— 20021012 Let’s ask her where is the
house Shakespeare once lived in? Embedded questions
?
Do you know where she lives? Let’ s ask her where the house
Shakespeare once lived in is? Where is the house
Shakespeare once lived in? You better ask her.
?
2003-03-02
2003-03-02
moral integrity, uprightness, loyalty, incorruptibility women's proper conduct justice
2003-03-02
moral integrity, uprightness, loyalty, incorruptibility women's proper conduct justice
kowtow
Chinese – to kneel and touch one’s forehead to the ground
Americans – to defer, to be subservient to another person
Let’s warm up!
yam cha
Let’s warm up!
Life is but a game in the casino! Head or tail? Who knows? Hit the jackpot? Laugh off! Lost all you have stacked?
Don’t feel odd!
Let’s warm up!
Life is but a game in the casino! Head or tail? Who knows? Hit the jackpot? Laugh off! Lost all you have wagered?
Never mind!
Let’s warm up!
A man without dreams is simply a salted fish lying dead in the sun!
Shaolin Soccer
God Grant me the Serenity
to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can and
Wisdom to know the difference.
What you see.
What you see.
How many colours are there in a rainbow?
Edward Sapir (1884-1939) “Language” 1921 1910-1925 Chief of the Division
of Anthropology Canadian Museum at Ottawa
Sapir-Whorfian Hypothesis
He saw language as a verbal symbol of human relations and language shapes our perception. The way you see the world.
Sapir’s view on LANGUAGE
Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897- 1941) Undergraduate Student of
Sapir at Yale
Sapir-Whorfian Hypothesis
He related culture and actions to language. Language is shaped by culture
and reflects the individual’s actions of people daily.
Whorf’s view on
Language as a part of Culture
What is Culture? the total way of life of a people the social legacy the individual acquires
from his group a way of thinking, feeling, and believing an abstraction from behaviour a theory on the part of the anthropologist
about the way in which a group of people in fact behave
Clyde Kluckhohn
“Mirror for Man”
What is Culture? a "storehouse of pooled learning" a set of standardized orientations to
recurrent problems learned behaviour a mechanism for the normative
regulation of behaviour a set of techniques for adjusting both to
the external environment and to other men
Clyde Kluckhohn
“A Guide to Language and Writing” Terry Locke
You are the language you use. You are expressed by the language you use. You are identified by the language you use. You are shaped by the language you use. Your cultural heritage speaks to you in the
language you use.
Sometimes, you are manipulated by the language you use.
The language you use can empower you in your dealings with the world.
“A Guide to Language and Writing” Terry Locke
Context of Situation The language we use is always
dictated by the situation we are responding to.
“A Guide to Language and Writing” Terry Locke
Context of Culture The language we use is always
dictated by the general cultural situation we live in.
text genre
subject matter
purposeaudience reader
Language Use in the Contexts of Situation & Culture Terry Locke
“A Guide to Language and Writing”
Written form Spoken form Which form existed first? Which form is more important
in our daily life?
Accents of English Standard British English Standard American English Standard Australian English Standard Indian English Standard Canadian English Singlish? Hong Kong English? Chinglish?
Honglish?
Hong Kong : English English and Chinese (Cantonese) are the official languages. Because it has been a British colony for over a century, the English spoken here is British in both vocabulary and pronunciation.
Roger E. Axtell
“Do’s and Taboos of Using English Around the World”
Accents of English
poor pore pour
Accents of English What’s on telly tonight, John? I have to do some hoovering
tonight. Do you have a Kodak?
she them the month
Phonetics
What time is it now? Would you please call me back
tomorrow? You will come tomorrow, won’t
you? We are going to have an
experience-sharing session next Monday.
Sound Changes in Running Speech
— 20021012 Let’s ask her where is the
house Shakespeare once lived in? Embedded questions
?
Do you know where she lives? Let’ s ask her where the house
Shakespeare once lived in is? Where is the house
Shakespeare once lived in? You better ask her.
?
2003-03-02
2003-03-02
moral integrity, uprightness, loyalty, incorruptibility women's proper conduct justice
2003-03-02
moral integrity, uprightness, loyalty, incorruptibility women's proper conduct justice
kowtow
Chinese – to kneel and touch one’s forehead to the ground
Americans – to defer, to be subservient to another person
Let’s warm up!
yam cha
Let’s warm up!
Life is but a game in the casino! Head or tail? Who knows? Hit the jackpot? Laugh off! Lost all you have stacked?
Don’t feel odd!
Let’s warm up!
Life is but a game in the casino! Head or tail? Who knows? Hit the jackpot? Laugh off! Lost all you have wagered?
Never mind!
Let’s warm up!
A man without dreams is simply a salted fish lying dead in the sun!
Shaolin Soccer
God Grant me the Serenity
to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can and
Wisdom to know the difference.