Dialects
For something to be improperly constructed or off-center
What is "si-gogglin"?
what is a lexicon?
"I said if it dont mean for me to do it, then the sack will not be full and I will turn up the next row. But, if the sack is full, I cannot help it. It will be that I had to do it all the time and I cannot help it." (7.2)
Dewey Dell speaks in fragmented English in this passage. Please identify the correct number of clauses as well as sentence structures for this question.
(Bonus: what kind of argument is this?)
What is two dependent clauses/five independent clauses?
What is _____ ?
1. Compund-Complex
2. Complex
3. Compound
A common phrase used in Oklahoma to refer to a flathead catfish
what is an appaloosa?
the particular word choice of the author
what is diction?
The most common way to refer to a soft drink in Oklahoma?
What is a coke?
the coining of a new term or phrase
what is a neologism or slang?
When Vardaman states "My mother is a fish", he has constructed an analogy between the two. What quality is being referenced in order to strike parity among these two things?
What is "their lack of existence" (or, being dead)?
this term is used to refer to something that is not at-hand, or at a distance; common to Appalachian dialect- among others.
What is "yonder"?
Using long rhetorical pauses and foreboding/ominous descriptions are examples of ______ to the horror genre.
what is a motif?
The most common syntactic tendency in Appalachian English that is absent in Midland English (our dialect)?
What is the incorrect use of grammatical pauses (anything in the ballpark of "they take pauses when they aren't supposed to" will suffice as well)?
A particular style of discourse within a given language that jointly belongs to a particular geographic region or polity.
What is a dialect?
"I heard that my mother is dead. I wish I had time to let her die. I wish I had time to wish I had. It is because in the wild and outraged earth too soon too soon too soon. It’s not that I wouldn’t and will not it’s that it is too soon too soon too soon. (30.2)"
This passage from Dewey Dell serves as an example of
what is repetition?
The most common way to refer to a soda in the Appalachians
What is a dope?
the creation of a ____ requires the use of (either) semicolons or commas (depending on the content of this ______).
What is a series/list/catalog?
A common pronunciation difference between Pacific Northwesterners and Midwesterners.
What is the pronunciation the "o" present in the words "odd" and "ought"?
These two sentence structures are derivative of independent and dependent clauses.
What are compound and complex sentences?
"I am chosen of the Lord, for who He loveth, so doeth He chastiseth. But I be durn if He don’t take some curious ways to show it, seems like." (28.2)
In this passage, Anse is drawing upon particular expressions that are present in the Bible (Faulkner seems to be emphasizing the baroque inflection of the KJV). This denotation of this particular vocabulary should be referred to as the "______" meaning.
What is "lexical"?
About the size of a wharf rat; has the appearance of a squirrel.
what is a 'boomer'?
True or False: All languages utilize one of six schemas for sentence construction (hint, there are only 3 elements to a sentence- subject, object and verb).
What is True?
The difference between a jasper and a peckerwood
What is: "they dislike them?"
What is the correct form for sentence arrangement in English?
What is Subject-Verb-Object
"It’s just a loan. God knows, I hate for my blooden children to reproach me. But I give them what was mine without stint. Cheerful I give them, without stint. And now they deny me. Addie. It was lucky for you you died, Addie." (58.24)
One similarity between Anse and the Appalachian English Speakers is
what is the use of rhetorical pauses in simple sentences?
A particular feature of Pacific Northwesterners' dialect?
A dropping of the "-ed" modifier on descriptors such as "canned" foods ("can beans" in lieu of "canned beans").
The totality of a language. This encompasses both its rules for usage (syntax) as well as the phonetic/semantic elements of language (inflection).
What is grammar?