Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations MANAR AHMAD AWADA 201050349 ZAINAAB ALI 200810637 MOZA KHAMIS MUSABAH 200908002
Contents : 1)Vernacular language 2)Three components of the meaning of the term vernacular 3)Standard Languages 4)Comparing between vernacular and standard 5)Three essential criteria which characterise a standard English 6)examples
is the native language of a population located in a country or in an area defined on some other basis such as a locality . vernacular
Vernacular is the first language that is learned by multilingual community people And it is relatively used in a range of informal function
Three components of the meaning of the term vernacular Vernacular is an uncodified or unstandardised variety It is acquired at home as a first variety It is used for relatively circumscribed function
Standard Languages : It is a standard variety , is generally one which is written, and which has undergone some degree of regulation or codification (in a grammar and a dictionary). used for H functions
Vernacular language Standard language Uncodified varieties Codified varieties Unstandardised variety standardised variety does not have official status have official status Example : Emirates or Lebanese Example : the Arabic
It emerged naturally in the 15th century (in London )(English court , oxford university and Cambridge)
Three essential criteria which characterise a standard English : it was influential and prestigious variety Why? (used by the economically powerful merchants , used in court) it was codified (the introduction of printing press by Caxton in 1476 ). it served H functions in that it was used for communication at Court, for literature and for administration.
Example : Arabic comprises many varieties that are considered a single language, because the standard Arabic register, Modern Standard Arabic, is generally intelligible to all speakers. It is based upon modified Classical Arabic, the language of the Qur'an, the contemporary refined vernacular of Muhammad’s time, the 7th century CE.