Graphics and Audio

PICTURE 1

http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/newyorkcity/ Once at this web page find the audio in the links box, called R-less New York from NPR. AUDIO CLIP 1

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story=5220090  Once at the web page watch the interview with William Labov on the vowel shift of North America from NPR. AUDIO CLIP 2.

PICTURE 2

Reflections

This research has made me believe that the way people sound with the same language is easier to understand than the way people talk with the same language in certain ways. I have questioned if maybe people thought that an accent is harder to understand, but now I think most people understand accents easier than dialects. I also learned that people think that the accents of the North originated in Europe, Which they did. This research has helped me understand language better in other peoples point of view and in my own.

Recommendations

I think researchers need to focus on a specific dialect and a specific accent when researching so they can find how people react to certain language differences. I think researchers should go more in depth with certain characteristics of languages so they can compare the two together. I would have been more specific with the dialects and accents of the north if I had done this researched this again.

Conclusions

My research shows that people can understand peoples accents in the north  than they can understand peoples dialects in the north. I think this shows people can identify accents better than they can identify dialects in a person. In my article it does say that most people can understand accents of New York than people can understand the dialects of New York.

Interpretation of Data

I found that more people think that the dialects of the north and south are more different from each other than the accents from the north and south are. Three out of five people say there is a bigger difference between the dialects than the accents. two of five people say there is a bigger difference between the accents than the dialects. I think this means people can understand the way people sound in the north than they can understand how people speak in the north.

Data

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In the information I gathered from my survey I asked on a scale of 1-10. I gathered that more people think that the accents are more different from each other than the dialects of North and South dialects and accents.

Two of Five people said that accents are more different in the North and South.

Three of Five people said that dialects are more different in the North and South. 

Primary Research

  My subjects will be people from the south and I will ask five people. I will collect my data through a survey. What do you think of the Northern dialects to the Southern dialects?

Sources

"Tannen." PBS. 2005. New York Style. 

Secondary Research

My article was called New York style and it was explaining the different dialects of New York city. People in New York speak in different conversations than they do in other parts of the U.S., because they have conversations with strangers on the street about anything. It answered my research question by telling me different dialects in New York and how people speak them in conversations. 

My Research Plan

I plan to answer my questions by researching New York dialects and answering with my opinions and facts that I gather while reading. I hope to find sources on New York language that helps me identify accents and dialects. I plan that these sources will also help me gain information that I can use when I ask people questions for my questionnaire. I will survey students and teachers all over the school with questions that give me both fact and opinion.

My Research Question

Where have the New York accents originated from?

What are the main dialects in New York?

How well do you know the New York dialects and accents of today?

On a scale of 1-10, What is your opinion on the differences between both the southern dialects and the northern dialects?

On a scale of 1-10, What is your opinion on the differences between both the southern accents and the northern accents?

My Research Goal

I want to know more about the New York dialects and be able to understand what different things they say than what people in the south say. I hope to find all sorts of interesting information on the New York dialects of today.

My Language Beliefs

I believe language is very important because it is how you communicate with people. Language has different dialects and accents that can help you identify someone with it. I believe this because if someone has their own way in saying things and how they sound when they say it you can learn where they come from. I've heard people who have different accents and dialects and I have been able to identify where they are from, which helps me learn about  them without having to ask about it.