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Essay Instructions: Sociolinguistics - How gender influences the way people speak ? an oral research report for an audience.

Dear writer,

I would like you to write a paper of 7 pages on the following topic ?how gender influences the way people speak??. It should be written as if you were speaking to an audience (as it is for an oral report). To illustrate your sayings, You should rely on a video which should not last more than 5 min, if you have found a longer video, then you will have to choose extracts (you have to send me the link and the reference of the video). You have to give expose the theory, give definitions of the key words, and of course examples in the general sense and examples from the video. The examples should illustrate your sayings so the video should be relevant in that sense. Please, in the paper, precise the time of the example between brackets. (ex: 1 min 12).
Please, do not forget that the field of study is sociolinguistics, so there should be a social explanation (cf gender) and linguistics aspects such as for instance the way men and women use words, phrases, statements, and questions in discussion. In what those elements are different when used by a woman or by a man? You can also find other aspects. Those elements should be on the first hand explained and on the other hand they should be illustrated by general examples and of course examples taken from the video.

There should be an introduction, a development, and a conclusion. An outline is more than welcome.

As for the sources, there should not be more than 4, the video included.

If you have any questions or if I am not clear enough in my explanations, please, feel free to ask me.

Best regards!

Essay Instructions: I want you to make a clear study guide first from the book "Introduction to Sociolinguistics" by Janet Holmes from chapter 1 through 7 :

- Chapter 1: from Page 1-16
- Chapter 2: page 17-51
- Chapter 3: page 52-73
- Chapter 4: page 74-97
- Chapter 5: page 122 only
- Chapter 6: page 123-149
- Chapter 7: page 157-182
For terms include examples

Then, there are 3 questions essay. I do not want you to write essay but make notes for each one. To make it easier for me to write in class. One of these question will be on the test.

First question:

How do social and non-linguistic factors shape and influence the language someone may use in a particular relationship or environment? Assert a strong, clear, main idea. Discuss this as fully you can, using terms and concepts with which you've become familiar in this course in the development of your ideas. Offer "plenty" of particular examples so as to offer a more detailed response to the question.

Second one:

What role does language plays in structuring social interactions; how does language interact with matters of class, gender and/or ethnicity? Offer a main idea that asserrts a position as well as gives a hint at the direction you will take in your essay. Be sure to provide three or four historical or contemporary examples that support each point that you wish to make that illustrates your grasp of material covered so far this semester.

third one :

Compare and contrast the reasons for language loss in the of california languages with the loss of the hawaiian. What are some of the ways, specifically, that this is being addressed with language revitalization programs. What food for thought do these cases offer generally with regards to matters of language, language and culture, and ethnolinguisitic vitality?

Essay Instructions: Direction;Please have SHELAH to write the essay.
You have been hired as the new director of the sociolinguistics department at Rosewood University. Your new colleagues are curious to find out whether you are the right person for the job. You have been asked to compose a 2-page essay for the department’s bi-monthly newsletter, introducing to students and faculty alike the academic discipline of sociolinguistics. You are supposed to define the term, show practical applications of this field of study, and point out its relevance to scholars of other disciplines. The essay is also meant as a way to advertise this new field to potential students.

Essay Instructions: This can be any topic in Sociolinguistics. Here are some ideas

Pidgin/Creole languages
Bilingual/Code-switching
Codeswitching in Cantonese-English children (or really codeswitching in any context)
The effects of social networking on AAVE (African American Vernacular English)

anything with AAVE, pidgin, creole languages, codeswitching

Here's one idea that might work:

Pidgins start off filling important but limited roles as lingue franche (the plural of lingua franca) or languages of wider communication, but often develop a growing range of functions and increasing complexity until they evolve into a creole and its use for the entire range of social functions.

It often said that creoles are 'simpler' than either lexifier or its substrat Do you think this is true for Jamaican Patwa? What do you understand 'simple' to mean in your answer? In other words, how do you measure simplicity?

(Definitions: Lexifier and substrate are identical in Jamaican Patwa. The lexifier is the language that provides most of the vocabulary. The substrate contributes to the grammatical structure.)