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development of regional accents

varieties of language

sociolinguistics

immigration / migration

first and second language

loan words

heritage language

home language

Encycopedias

Books

YouTube / videos

books/ebooks

social media

Observation

 

Organizational websites

 

endangered/indigenous languages - ethnographies

Research study from within a community

 

Oral histories

Interview or speaking with know person

Speakers of multiple languages

bi/trilingual, etc

 

second language speakers

Tense

Past/present/future tense

Progressive / subjunctive

 

Literal meanings of words and figurative use (hasta manana)

 

Idea of "definite"

Difficulty of putting emotional/cognitive/affective experiences to words

 

Understanding of the language itself - beginning learner vs fluent language user

Semiotics - study of symbols

process of words getting put into dictionaries / history of dictionaries

lexicons / lexicography(ers)

 

Historical and current forms of mass media

How does the blending of languages (e.g Spanglish, Singlish) reflect cultural adaptations in a globalisedworld?

informal language

lingo

jargon

social or professional jargon

register

How is slang formed in languages?

How do linguistic & cultural backgrounds impact people's perceptions of visual symbols and icons?

How and when did “American English” accents develop, with the country being made up of so many immigrants from different parts of the world?

to what extent does language limit our ability to think critically or abstractly?

How did the advent of the printing press and mass media standardize written language and how did this carry over to spoken language?

What type of sources might be helpful?

Who or what people might have insight into this question?

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