Task 1- Borrowing
Anorak- Greenlandic
Barbeque- Arawak, Spanish
Barrack- French
Blizzard- American
Bongo- Latin American Spanish
Bonsai- Japanese
Boomerang- Dharuk
Budgerigar- Aboriginal
Bungalow- Hindi
Chipmunk- Ojibwa
Chutney- Hindi
Dinghy- Hindi
Dungarees- Hindi
Gnu- Khoikhoi
Haiku- Japanese
Hamburger- German
Igloo- Inuit
Kangaroo- Aboriginal
Ketchup- Chinese
Llama- Spanish
Mohair- Arabic
Potato- Spanish
Puma- Spanish
Pyjamas- Hindi
Safari- Arabic
Sauna- Finnish
Shampoo- Hindi
Sherbet- Arabic, Turkish, Persian
Ski- Norwegian
Skyscraper- American
Taboo- Tongan
Tattoo- Dutch
Tea- Chinese, Mandarin
Toboggan- Canadian French
Tortilla- Spanish
Totem- Qjibwa
Trek- South African Dutch
Tycoon- Japanese
Yeti- Tibetan
Task 2- Phonology
This article suggests that accents should not matter
anymore. It says they previously had to be voice tested and trained in order to
get a job, in addition it suggests that having British or American names ‘make
it easier’ for you. However, it disagrees that people should do this as accents
shouldn’t matter in a ‘multiracial, multilingual, multicultural Britain’. The
overall view is that as long as people can understand what you’re saying, you
should be allowed to express yourself and talk however you would like to.
My experience of accents is that it can change how people
view you. Some accents sound happier than others and can also change how people
perceive how well educated you are. I wouldn’t say I have a very strong accent
and have also been pointed out for this as I sound different to others from my
area.
Task 3- Grammar and Lexis
The sentence structure is that the sentences are either
minor or compound. This ruins any rhythm of the diary entry as the sentences
vary from being incredibly short to long which makes the reading sound awkward
and as though it doesn’t flow.
Within the sentences the adverb is before the subject such
as ‘as ever I saw’ which adds to making the entry read awkwardly. In modern
English this wouldn’t be ‘correct’ sentence structure. Adjective positions are
also moved and many more added in to make the text sound very descriptive and
emphasised. We have standardised our adjective patterns as ‘A good looking tall
man’ would now be written as a tall good looking man.
There is lots of punctuation such as commas used, these are
often in place of conjunctions. However, what is now considered as the Oxford
Comma is also largely used which breaks up the sentences into clauses as in the
third paragraph is only two sentences.
The writer uses multiple prepositions such as ‘nearly
opposite to’ and also the general word order has changed as they have used
preposition, verb then subject. An example of this is ‘and away galloped the
horses with the coach from the statue’, nowadays, we would generally put the
verb after the subject. This was likely to have changed when it became
standardised at the release of grammar books.
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