Friday, September 26, 2008
Most Important Feature In Language
I think that the most important feature in language comprehension is vocabulary. The way that the brain works allows people to adjust very quickly do the different sounds that distinguish different accents. In addition, while sytax is important to achieve optimal clarity, I feel like it's relatively simple to understand what a person means even if the sentence seems slightly scrambled. Vocabulary, however, is a make or break type feature for language comprehension. If a person doesn't know local lingo or the vocabulary of the language or region, there is no way that they're going to be able to understand what is being said.
What American Accent do You Have Quiz
My result from taking the test is that I am from the West, which is correct since I'm from California, not too far from Stanford. Taking the test was really interesting because for some of the words they asked me about, I'd never even considered the fact that some people said them different ways. It was really interesting because the majority of the words they asked about sounded exactly the same to me. It would be really fun to compare the way I say those words with the way someone from say, the South, would say them now that they have been brought to my attention. I also thought that taking the test was a funny experience because on almost every question I had to think about it pretty seriously and say the words out loud in order to decide. It's interesting that I'd really never noticed the way I, or anyone else for that matter, really says the words. I've just always passively spoken and understood them being said.
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