LL250: Intercultural Communication
Prof. Bauer-Ramazani Name _________________

Language and Culture: Words and Meaning
Worksheet for Chapter 4, Part 2, pp. 152-164

Directions: Use the information in this chapter to support your answers to the following questions.

Why is Spanglish considered a dialect?
T / F Co-cultures may develop their own variant of the language.
T / F A co-culture's experiences, values, and behaviors can be deduced from its language.
What is the danger that non-English-speaking residents in the U.S. run?
What is necessary to help non-English-speaking Hispanics integrate into society?
Is the language of African-Americans a dialect? Support your answer with reasons.
Explain code-switching and how it's used by African-Americans as a strategy.
Male vs. female communication: List their opposing characteristics and give examples (personal ones if possible).

Female Communication Patterns	Male Communication Patterns

Summarize the current research findings on female tentativeness and contrast it with the assumptions of previous research.

III. Alternative Languages

What is argot? Give an example.
What is slang? When/where is it ok to use slang? Who uses it? Give your own example.
Summarize why such alternative languages are used and give examples..

IV. Foreign language and translation

Can any two languages be translated successfully? What are some difficulties involved in translation? Give examples.
Give examples of things from your languages (including English) that might be hard to translate to another language, making reference to the following categories.

· Vocabulary

· Idioms/slang

· Grammatical/syntactic elements

· Experiential/cultural components