The Accommodation Theory: How People See And Hear Language

How people see and hear language is evidenced in audio recordings, the way people speak and writings. (Gee & Hayes, 2011). Upon studying the accommodation theory (Giles & Coupland, 1973) people can observe that when people talk, people either move together or away from each other. People can also use a different register when talking or maintain their own register. (Giles & Coupland, 1973). According to Halliday (1975) there are seven purposes that language has for children. He states further that children are driven to develop their language since language serves some purpose for them, for example physical, psychological and social needs. (Halliday, 1975). When observing people, people are able to see and hear language.

English is diverse in the sense that even in the same community, people do not speak English in the same way. (Emmitt, 2010). If people were to look at world English, there are numerous types such as the British & Ireland English, American English, Canadian English, Caribbean English, African English, South Asia English, East Asia English and Australian & New Zealand English. (Heart Language, n.d.). Across the world, numerous people speak different dialects of English. (Britishcouncilserbia, 2013). In some countries, the people speak English due to colonialism and in

People use language as a material object. Language is social in nature and language helps people to convey a message. Language is how humans communicate with each other. Language empowers, language makes the person’s needs known and language expresses what the person wants people to do. Language is how people interact and language makes a person’s identity, emotions and opinions known. Language helps a child to make sense of their world. Language helps older children to interact and belong to a group, Language also helps a child to understand the field, tenor and mode in situations, so that the child can critically evaluate and organize the