Monday, November 19, 2012

Smitherman


Smitherman

-This shows us a lot of were the English language itself originated from, which I think it is important.
-Forming and shifting someone’s norms are in play, transition from “outsider” to a “insider”.
-Presenting a cut line picture what they are and aren’t doing.
-It contradicting but that’s what makes it good, it shows how they say we should all have statuses there is still some places that don’t when they should.
-We have all felt like this at one time of another, when we get a paper back and there nothing really on it, you don’t know how to interpret it or what exactly your suppose to do with it after that.
-the English language itself, didn’t command no respect, for Latin was the lingo of the elite.
-Both authorities and norms is based on race and class positions and is simply attempts to make the “outsider” talk like the “insider”.
-superimposition of a dialect norm has little to do with power, linguistic versatility, or variety of expression and everything to do with making what one grammarian labeled the “depraved language of common people”
-in a country where everybody has status, it’s possible that no one has status
-  The paper was returned to the student with only one comment, correct your grammar resubmit. What sheer and utter nonsense
           

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