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language border wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 important concepts 2 difficulties 3 politics and language borders toggle politics and language borders subsection 3 1 european expansion 3 2 colonialism 3 3 other examples 4 see also 5 annotated bibliography toggle the table of contents language border 16 languages العربية català чӑвашла deutsch español فارسی suomi français հայերեն bahasa indonesia ido nederlands português русский simple english українська edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia geolinguistic boundary between mutually intelligible speech communities linguistic boundary of brittany between celtic speaking west and romance speaking east brittany a language border or language boundary is the line separating two language areas the term is generally meant to imply a lack of mutual intelligibility between the two languages if two adjacent languages or dialects are mutually intelligible no firm border will develop because the two languages can continually exchange linguistic inventions this is known as a dialect continuum a language island is a language area that is completely surrounded by a language border important concepts edit the concept of mutual intelligibility is vague more important it can be difficult for non native speakers to distinguish one language from another similar one furthermore there is no clear definition of what constitutes a language for instance some languages share writing systems but are spoken differently while others are identical when spoken but are written using different alphabets for example different dialects of chinese use the same characters with the same meanings but these can be pronounced very differently in different varieties japanese also uses large numbers of kanji characters of chinese origin to mean the same as in chinese but they often have different readings yomi some of which may be pronounced as in chinese while others are totally different there are often also shared terms between two languages even between languages that have nothing to do with each other 1 for example spanish is spoken in most central american and south american countries but also in spain there are subtle but recognizable differences between the dialects but there are different dialects even within the country of spain in many cultures there also slight differences between the versions of the language both spoken and written registers used in different contexts for example when talking to one s boss and talking to one s friends 2 difficulties edit röstigraben in switzerland there can also be people within a country who speak the native language of a different country some of whom may be bilingual 1 also an inherited language may evolve and perhaps absorb some of the characteristics or terms of the new area s predominant language in cases such as these it becomes even more difficult to identify specific languages 1 when speakers have a foreign accent they are often perceived to be less intelligent and are less likely to be hired 1 3 it is the same with an accent from a peripheral area rather than the accent from the urbanized core a peripheral person is typically perceived as speaking a less correct by those who are more educated 2 3 4 while those who are not as educated do not perceive any difference in the correctness 3 colonial histories could also help this phenomenon 4 a well known example of a language border is the border between romance and germanic languages that stretches through belgium france switzerland and italy politics and language borders edit european expansion edit language borders do not always reflect political borders the tendency to correlate language with nationality is a common error 4 that seems to have arisen during the period of 19th century european expansion 1 4 e g the term anglo in mexico and the southeastern u s or the term angrez literally english in north india the usage of a particular language can reflect positively or negatively on its speaker depending upon the situation for example there is perception in the usa that only english speakers are american and only non americans are non english speakers 1 it is suspected that this assumption began because states would have official languages for the purposes of book publishing and therefore for the purposes of education so intelligence would come to be associated with speaking the language that was written 1 4 because of this idea there are also often social benefits which result from being able to speak english 3 a prime example of this is the prevalence of bilingualism near the u s mexican border 1 3 which also indicates the porosity of the border and illustrates the difficulty of drawing a border around all speakers of a given language especially because there is not usually much correlation between ethnicity and language 3 such common bilingualism leads to the practice of code switching or the changing freely between languages while speaking 1 although this trait is somewhat looked down upon 2 because those living in areas of frequent code switching seem to develop a sort of language loyalty 3 colonialism edit another example of the difference between language borders and political borders is the spread of languages via colonialism causing languages to be spoken in multiple not necessarily adjacent countries 4 other examples edit although language borders and political borders do not always agree there have been many instances where political leadership has attempted to enforce language borders in the mexican city of ciudad juarez on the border with the united states social efforts have been made to curb the amount of american influence taking place but at the same time as in other foreign cultures the class benefits of english proficiency are acknowledged and to this end schools teach in english and many television channels are in english 2 3 the use of breton and welsh has historically been discouraged by french and british governments respectively there are also instances of intolerance to the speaking of native american languages at some schools thus forcing those students to create small communities in which they can speak their native language thereby creating language boundaries on a very small scale 1 examples like these illustrate the impact that language boundaries can have on cultural boundaries even if they are not necessarily one and the same 4 see also edit isogloss language island linguistic geography language contact adstratum annotated bibliography edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 urciuoli bonnie 1995 language and borders annual review of anthropology 24 525 546 doi 10 1146 annurev an 24 100195 002521 this article discusses the role of language and nationalistic identity and its role near the border it explores whether or not people tend to make a connection between nationalism and language 1 2 3 4 eastman carol m 1992 codeswitching multilingual matters ltd isbn 9781853591679 discusses the implications of codeswitching and its acceptability based upon where the utterance occurs indicates the mixture of languages and borrowing of words throughout any area explores the differences between codeswitching and borrowing and the views that speakers have on these two phenomena 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 hidalgo margarita 1986 language contact language loyalty and language prejudice on the mexican border language in society 15 2 193 220 doi 10 1017 s004740450000018x this article is about the role of language and code switching in juarez mexico it researches the impact of english versus spanish and their roles in society including the social ramifications of language usage and the prevalence of codeswitching it includes interviews of many juarez residents concerning their feelings toward the use of english and spanish 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 woolard kathryn a schieffelin bambi b 1994 language ideology annual review of anthropology 23 55 82 doi 10 1146 annurev an 23 100194 000415 this article explores the role of language in ideological and political identity it researches the ways in which dialects and grammar can affect perceptions in society it investigates the implications of using a particular type of communication in a certain setting authority control databases national france bnf data 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