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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080 size=4>Hi Mostari,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080 size=4>It's not really my area, but I'm
interested in your questions, so I'll give an opinion, for what it's
worth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080 size=4>I think what we're talking
about is a continuum of languages or language styles. All of us use either
different languages, or different styles of the same language, depending on our
circumstances. Maybe on the one extreme, you have shifts between the
colloquial and formal English. This may depend on whether you're talking to
a relative or writing a book. Maybe on the other extreme, you may have shifts
between Pulaar and French. I would guess that in Senegal, you would talk to a
relative in Pulaar, but write in French. So, in my opinion, most
societies have a need for different kinds of speech. In some societies,
this need is met by using different styles. In other societies, it is met by
using different dialects. In still others, this need for marking different kinds
of speech is met by using completely different languages. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080 size=4>I think you are also asking
whether stylistic differences within a language can lead to the formation
of separate languages. I think they can. But usually, I think that separate
languages are formed by people who have lost contact with each other. For
instance, what will happen if two groups of people speaking the same
language, for some reason stop talking to each other? I think over many
years their speech will change in different ways to the point where they no
longer can communicate. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080 size=4>Hope these ideas area clear.
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080 size=4>Stan Anonby</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=paulston@pitt.edu href="mailto:paulston@pitt.edu">Christina
Paulston</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 15, 2009 9:05 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: confused by style
shiftingggggggggg!!</DIV>
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<DIV>I think Mostari deserves a response -- did anyone write him a
response? Christina</DIV>
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<DIV>On May 5, 2009, at 3:03 PM, mostari hind wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><BR>hi everybody , </DIV>
<DIV>while teaching today the concept of style shifting to my graduate
students , I felt a somehow confusion , in fact , when speaking about
style shifting , we refer to differences in styles but does it lead to
the change of language like speaking the local dialect for informal
style and moving to the standard form ( which is genetically related
to the local dialect) in formal settings .</DIV>
<DIV>this really confuses me, because if we possibly move from one
languagto another while style shifting, so here , we can also speak
about code switching between 2 varieties of the same language .</DIV>
<DIV>need answers </DIV>
<DIV>all the best </DIV>
<DIV>Mostari</DIV>
<DIV>Algeria
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