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AFL 1501 assignment 1 linguistic background
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Assi
gnment01
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i
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ironment
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smodule.Inowt akeaser iouslookonitandreali
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smakemer ef
lectonmy sel
f.Many
peoplewhohav eencounter
edmef orthefir
sttimet heydonotgetconfusedofwhichgr oupI
bongt obecausewhenIcommuni catetheyli
stenandt henbeabletoplacemei nmy
cul
ture/rel
i
gion.
Myl
i
ngui
sti
cbackgr
ound
Firstl
y,asal it
tl
egi r
lgr owingupi nthedust ystreetsofBul werareainKwaZul uNatal.Iwasso
privil
egedt obebr oughtupbyt wost r
ongwomen.Mygr andmot hersf r
om bot hsidespar t
enal
andmat ernal.I
nmyf at her
'ssideIwoul dspeaki sixhosabecausegr annyi sXhosaspeaki ngand
i
nmymot her'
ssidewewer espeaki ngISi zulu.HenceIam f l
uenti nbot hlanguagesal t
houghi n
school itwasadi fferentst orybecausei didEngl ish.WhenIpassedmat ricIenrol
ledinpc
traini
ngbusi nesscollegeatPi etermarit
zbur gthati swherether eali
tykickedi n.Imetdi ff
erent
peopl ewithdi f
fer
entl anguagesanddi versecul tures.Tomaket hemat terwor semyf lat
mat e
wasf r
om Vendawhodi dnotunder st
andt hesingl eXhosaorZul uwor d, whichiswher eIl
earned
toadaptt ot hesituati
onandcompr omisebycommuni cat
inginEngl ish.Ast imegoesbywe
thoughteachot herthebasi csofourl anguagesandourdi ff
erentculturesbandandembr ace
them.
Doy
out
hinky
ourl
i
ngui
sti
cident
if
ychangesbecauseoft
his?
Mylinguist
icidenti
tywon'tchangei nanyway,Iwil
lj
ustgett olear
notherl anguages.Allmylif
e
I
'v
ebeenexposedt odif
ferentl
anguagesbutthatdidnotchangemyl inguisti
ci dent
it
y.Alli
tdid
wasgi v
emeanoppor t
unityt
ol ear
nasmanyl anguagesaspossi bl
e.I
tisv er
yimpor t
antto
i
nteractwithdiff
erentpeople,yougettolear
nalotaboutt hei
r,val
ues,
beliefsandbackgr ound
whenIgohomeIst il
lapproachandcommuni catewithelderswithmyhomel anguagethatis
whatmygr andmot hertaughtmet obeproudandloyalandst andfi
rm onmyr ootsbydoingso
wil
lneverlosemyi dentit
ymyl anguageismypr i
de, i
tiswhoIam Zul ugi rl.
Whydoy
out
hinkso?
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