LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE

1) What are linguistic and semiotic materials?

These may come in the form of billboards, signage, street names, traffic regulations, or graffiti. These materials are unnoticed most of the time. Advertisements, flyers, and written notices are part of our everyday lives. Memes, troll posts, and tweets are prevalent online. All of these are part of the linguistic landscapes. Semiotics is the investigation of sign frameworks. It investigates how words and different signs make meaning. In semiotics, a sign is whatever subs for some different option from itself. Semiotics contrasts from phonetics in that it sums up the meaning of a sign to incorporate signs in any medium or tactile methodology. ... Theory of language focuses harder on characteristic dialects or to dialects as a rule, while semiotics is profoundly worried about non-etymological meaning.

2) Why do linguists consider signs to express symbolic meaning and messages?

Linguists consider signs to express symbolic meaning and messages. It is both a language and medium of communication on its own. Researchers tend to analyse the purpose of the author on how these signs and symbols are produced, and to whom these are directed to. In some cases, signs can usually be identified on the basis of form of the signage or symbol. They provide clues to understanding experiences by conveying recognizable meanings that are shared by societies

3) What is a bottom up discourse?

It is a personal plea or request. The kind of signage and symbols vary depending on culture for the reason that each cultural environment has different reading practices. Some languages are written from left to right, top to bottom, or the semantics, context and structure of language is different from one another. Example is when a high school student post a short slogan as warning against smoking.

4) What is a top down approach?

It is an official rule which you can attribute to the authority. It shows authority in making a request. Example are traffic signages and enter and exit signs

LANGUANGE VARIATIES

1) What is the meaning of language variety?

Language variety simply refers to a distinguishable variant of a language. This means that there are a large number of varieties of any given language. The sole criterion to be fulfilled by a particular variety is delimitation with other varieties. Dialects within a variety framework are frequently referred to as regional varieties and sociolects as social varieties, though the label “dialect” can be retained if used objectively. Dialects may change from one district to another, starting with one social class then onto the next, from individual to individual, and from circumstance from circumstance. These real changes bring about the assortments of language. In sociolinguistics a language assortment, is a particular type of a language or language group. It is a general term for any distinctive form of a language or linguistic expression. Linguists commonly use language variety (or simply variety) as a cover term for any of the overlapping subcategories of a language, including dialect, register, jargon, and idiolect.

2) How did the “pidgin” develop?

A “pidgin” is a new language which develops in situations where speakers of different languages need to communicate but don’t share a common language. The vocabulary of a pidgin comes mainly from one particular language called the “lexifier.” Pidgins are worked on dialects that create as a method for correspondence between at least two gatherings that don't have a language in like manner. Numerous pidgins have been created all throughout the planet in view of exchange, manor frameworks, and sea exercises. An early pre-pidgin is quite restricted in use and variable in structure. But the later “stable pidgin” develops its own grammatical rules which are quite different from those of the lexifier. Once a stable pidgin has emerged, it is generally learned as a second language and used for communication among people who speak different languages. Examples are Nigerian Pidgin and Bislama, spoken in Vanuatu.

3) How did the “creole” start?

A creole language, or just creole, is a steady normal language that develops over the long haul from the rearrangements and blending of various dialects into another one. Creoles are accepted to be shaped when a pidgin made by grown-ups for use as a subsequent language turns into the local furthermore, essential language of their kids – a wonder known as nativization. Robert Hall, an American language specialist, explored the pidgincreole life cycle during the 1960s. A few language specialists, like Derek Bickerton, accept that creoles have more syntactic likeness than the dialects from which they are phylogenetically inferred. In any case, no for the most part realized clarification can represent the apparent likenesses. Moreover, no linguistic component has been demonstrated to be explicit to creoles. As per the module, the instances of creole are Gullah; Jamaican Creole; and Hawaii Creole English. Note that the words "pidgin" also, "creole" are specialized terms utilized by etymologists. The speakers of Jamaican Creole call their language "Patwa." The speakers of Hawaii Creole English call their language "Pidgin."

4) In your own opinion, why should students be fluent in English?

As an understudy it is significant that I am conversant in English in light of the fact that my course is Accountancy, and it's about economic transactions. Understudies who are conversant in English have a superior possibility of having a respectable vocation in their field. It's likewise the language of global contact and correspondence, the media, and the web, so learning English is valuable for mingling, culture, and work. Also, the English language is significant in our lives since it improves correspondence. English is significant for understudies since it widens their brains, cultivates passionate turn of events, and improves their quality of life by offering work openings. At the point when we move on from school, there are numerous places that we will apply for in light of the fact that we are familiar in English; this assists us with truly augmenting our insight base and viewpoint , from profession openings to the chance to impart with individuals from everywhere the world. I’ll advice to my fellow students to learn English in a way that it’ll be fun with them, I learned English by readings comics, watching anime and drams with English subtitles. Practice and learn like a novice, don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Slowly build your confidence and trust yourself.

5) In your own opinion, what is the meaning of “You Are What You Speak.”

Language is an influential thought since it can possibly completely shape an individual's very own personality. The manner in which terms and articulations are utilized has an immense impact on individuals' sentiments and character/individual personality. Language is a vital instrument for framing new associations and communications. On the off chance that you think before you talk, you are basically what you talk and the second you think about something before you talk, you become who you truly are and you are in reality what you accept. Non-verbal communication is likewise a type of language that lets other individuals in the public eye recognize one individual from another. An individual is answerable for developing a self-personality that is unmistakable from the others to maintain aware normal practices in the public eye. Language is the invisible connection that links all of us, one that will assist them with adjusting another culture furthermore, individuals