Identity and Social Status in Language Used: An Explorative Study on Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner Tonight

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Dian Rianita ◽  
Laily Martin
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Choice ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
Language Identity ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
Identity Markers

 Language usage has functions to express ideas, and simultaneously can promote the speakers’ identities and social status. Identity markers such as race, gender, class and ethnicity have important roles to choose language used.  This paper explores the correspondence between language, identity and social status as exposed in a classic film entitled “Guess who’s coming to dinner tonight” released in 1967. The utterance of the characters in the movie will be analyzed in order to illustrate the vital role of language as a part of promoting the speaker's identity and social status. The study also emphasizes language choice, such as specific vocabulary, and share attitude when discussing a sensitive topic.  As a finding, there are significant points that language use inevitably promotes the speakers' social identity due to their academic backgrounds and beliefs.

Reaching the New Tourist Through Creativity

2022 ◽  
pp. 231-245
Author(s):  
Christian Stipanović ◽  
Elena Rudan ◽  
Vedran Zubović
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Opening Up

In today's modern world, creative expression is opening up new dimensions of business and new opportunities for economic development. One field of economic activities in which this is evident is tourism. Creativity in tourist destinations can be viewed in different ways, for example, through creative action (undertaken by destination management, residents, entrepreneurs, and tourists) and through creative spaces and creative events. Creativity plays a vital role in all elements involved in the creation of a destination's offering, regardless of which form of tourism is the focus of development efforts. Given the growing role of self-actualisation of individuals in society and the displaying of social status, creativity has in the past 20 years begun to positively impact on economy activities taking place in tourist destinations. Creativity is especially important in developing cultural tourism in all its sub-types, where it is seen as a means of animating and adding value to cultural heritage locations.

Assertion, Negotiation and Subjugation of Identity: Understanding the Tamil-Malayali Conflict in Munnar

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-182
Author(s):  
Shyam Hari P.
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
Heterogeneous Societies ◽  
Insight Into

Social identities play a critical role in the various phases of conflict. Existing literature often examines the role of social identity of groups in inducing conflict in heterogeneous societies. This article puts forward the view that the role of identity is not limited in terms of inducing conflict, but it also plays a vital role in influencing the dynamics of conflict. Based on this conceptual framework, the article outlines the conflict dynamics observable in the Kannan Devan Hills village in Kerala, where several factors, over the course of time in the last century, have led to the perception of conflict between the Tamils and the Malayalis. As a major objective, the article identifies the issues and processes of social interaction between the two groups that necessarily influence the nature of the conflict. The article identifies that the conflict between the two communities, though mostly latent, can be seen through three important aspects: assertion, negotiation and subjugation of identities. Through assertion of identity, the conflict is perceived over ethnic lines, whereas the process of negotiation and subjugation of identity constantly undermines the ethnic nature of conflict to specific grievances, thus giving insight into the dynamic nature of the conflict.

scholarly journals The patterns of language choice at the border of Malaysia-Thailand

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fadzeli Jaafar ◽  
Norsimah Mat Awal ◽  
Mohammed Azlan Mis ◽  
Norhayati Lateh
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Language Maintenance ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Language Choice ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
Boundary Area ◽  
Thai Language ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Towns ◽  
Domain Concept

Any activities conducted at the boundary area between countries will only be successful if the community of speakers has mutual understanding in terms of language, especially those involving business. This study focuses on a community in the northern part of Malaysia near the Thailand border where majority of people are bilingual in Malay and Thai. This study aims to investigate the patterns of language used by speakers in the Malaysia-Thailand border, in the context of language maintenance and language shift. Both countries use different languages; with Malaysians use Malay and the Thais use Thai language. In this cross-border context, activities pertaining to business, visit or personal matters will have an impact on the development of the two languages. This study presents the findings on the language choice from a survey involving 202 respondents that was conducted in two border towns at the Malaysia-Thailand border, namely Rantau Panjang (Malaysian side) and Golok (Thailand side). By utilizing the domain concept that was introduced by Fishman (1972), this study focuses on two domains namely, business and family. In addition to the questionnaire, participant observations and interviews were also conducted as supplements. The data on the patterns of language choice were analyzed statistically. The findings show that although Malaysians and Thais speak two different languages, Kelantanese dialect, which is a variety of the standard Malay, was the most dominant language at the border. This study also found that age was a significant factor in determining the patterns of language use. The younger generations were using Kelantanese dialect and Thai language in domains where older people would only use Kelantanese dialect. This points to the occurrence of language shift at the border. However, the community at the Thai side of the border tends to choose Kelantanese dialect in their daily activities, which seems to indicate language maintenance in this area. These findings suggest that language can serve as a marker of identity, especially for those communities in Golok as most of them are originally from Malaysia. Finally, this study has contributed empirical data on language usage at the Malaysia-Thailand border.

scholarly journals Bio-Linguistics Diversity to Balinese Language Shift in Denpasar

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
I Made Suastra ◽  
I Ketut Tika ◽  
Ni Luh Nyoman Seri Malini ◽  
I Made Sena Darmasetiyawan
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Language Choice ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
Shift Pattern ◽  
Informal Method ◽  
Shift Model ◽  
North And South

This research aimed to discover Balinese language shift pattern in its language usage. Specifically, the research sought to comprehend and analyzed Balinese language shift based on bio-linguistics diversity that comprises of 1) contexts of Balinese language use in Denpasar, and 2) social as well as a cultural aspect that affect Balinese language shift. The research location is in Denpasar, which classified into four different regencies, they are West, East, North, and South Denpasar. Further representation of the data will be decided based upon quantitative data obtained on four regencies. Techniques of data collection will be done in the form of observation and questionnaires, with additional interview and note taking. The sample taken will be on Balinese speakers in youth and mature age. Representation and proportion of the sampling will be 50 for each location. The analysis will be done in qualitatively and quantitatively with both formal and informal method. By using the concepts of language choice, sociolinguistics, and bio-linguistics diversity, Balinese language shift model can be discovered. This language shift model will prove beneficial to the system and mechanism of language inheritance in formal and informal contexts, in the effort to maintain cultural diversity and ethnic identity of a multilingual community.

Masalah Pemakaian Bahasa dalam Lingkungan Sosial

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Effaizah Syahidan
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Language Deviation ◽  
Over Time

The use of language in the social environment is one of the things that becomes a habit in society. Moreover, social status determines the important role of these social statuses. It is undeniable that there are many differences in the use of language in several layers of social status which must have politeness and manners that must be obeyed in the use of language. Language and society are inseparable things, there can also be no society without language and there is also no language without a society now formed. Over time, a language can also experience some shifts or developments, this happens because of the influence of various things including the development of science and technology. The development of language must often be monitored so that it is more controlled in societies that use language by pegging the development of the era to the present. It does not have to work hard, but it is enough to supervise if there is a language deviation that is not in accordance with the existing custom, so it must be followed up to determine the truth in language development.Keywords: Social status, language development, language supervision, language usage.

Culture, Brain Transplants and Implicit Theories of Identity

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 453-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramaswami Mahalingam ◽  
Joel Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Implicit Theories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Brain Transplant

AbstractUsing a brain transplant paradigm (BT), we examined the role of culture and status (privileged group membership) on beliefs about social and personal identity among Indians (Brahmins and Dalits, N = 202) and American participants (N = 114). Participants were presented a vignette about a hypothetical BT between members of two different ethnic groups and asked the following two questions: (a) whether a BT would change how the recipient would act; (b) whether the BT would change the social identity of the recipient. Americans believed that the BT recipient would act as the ethnicity of the donor. By contrast, Brahmin participants believed that a Brahmin recipient of a Dalit (formerly treated as "untouchables") brain would act like a Dalit but a Dalit who received a BT from a Brahmin would not act like a Brahmin. Both Americans and Indians believed that the social identity (the caste, race or ethnic identity) of a person would not be changed by a brain transplant. The role of culture and social status in affecting various implicit theories of identities are discussed.

Asiana Airlines Flight 214

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Chow ◽  
Stephen Yortsos ◽  
Najmedin Meshkati
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Aviation Safety ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Flight Crew ◽  
Pilot Performance ◽  
Engineering Designs ◽  
Flight Deck

This article focuses on a major human factors–related issue that includes the undeniable role of cultural factors and cockpit automation and their serious impact on flight crew performance, communication, and aviation safety. The report concentrates on the flight crew performance of the Boeing 777–Asiana Airlines Flight 214 accident, by exploring issues concerning mode confusion and autothrottle systems. It also further reviews the vital role of cultural factors in aviation safety and provides a brief overview of past, related accidents. Automation progressions have been created in an attempt to design an error-free flight deck. However, to do that, the pilot must still thoroughly understand every component of the flight deck – most importantly, the automation. Otherwise, if pilots are not completely competent in terms of their automation, the slightest errors can lead to fatal accidents. As seen in the case of Asiana Flight 214, even though engineering designs and pilot training have greatly evolved over the years, there are many cultural, design, and communication factors that affect pilot performance. It is concluded that aviation systems designers, in cooperation with pilots and regulatory bodies, should lead the strategic effort of systematically addressing the serious issues of cockpit automation, human factors, and cultural issues, including their interactions, which will certainly lead to better solutions for safer flights.

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