Communication Studies Worksheet

Instruction: Read the questions then answer all the questions.

1.List five compound words that exist in the Creole English spoken in your territory which are derived from English words but with non-English meaning.

2.Identify the features of Creole English that is/are present in the following sentences:
(i) If you come back tomorrow you go see my sister.
(ii) Me done talk.
(iii) No worry me, you wi get it when the right time come.
(iv) I know hi modda for a long time.
(v) Mi vex wid de boy dem.
(vi) Mi big sister dark yu see but mi younger sister is de opposite; she have belly already.
(vii) When we gat to de fording de win and rain was so bad we had to back back.
(viii) Di house ketch fiya an de brigade had to out out it.
(ix) Fi wi team paly football like dem fool fool.
(x) Im get new hair style mi chile.

3. Translate the following Rastafarian Speech into Standard English.
/aidrin/ /di uondli chaaj
Dat ai an ai az a
Rasta aidrin av/
Is di erb/siin ai
Duo av no mo chaaj/

4. Read the following consultative conversation between a policeman and a motorist and discuss the different ways that the power relationship is evident.
Policeman:“So you said you witnessed the accident at two o’clock this
afternoon?”
Motorist: “Yes, and it was caused when the red Ford ran the stop light.”
Policeman:“Are you sure you were present during the entire incident?”
Motorist:“Yes, Officer. I saw everything and the red car was at fault.”
Policeman:“Two o’clock it was?”
Motorist:“That’s correct. Will this take much longer? I have to pick up my....”
Policeman:“Are you sure the light was red?”
Motorist:“I just SAID that officer. CAN I go now?”
Policeman:“I’m not quite through with my investigation yet.”

5.Identify at least two words (related to place names, cultural practices, foods or objects) used in your country that are derived from the following languages or dialects:
(i) Amerindian indigenous language
(ii) Dutch
(iii) French
(iv) Spanish
(v) East Indian
(vi) African ancestral languages
(vii) American English

6.Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
“Put in another application when your English has improved, “Mr. Channer said, without looking up from the Sunday Times . “Customers simply won’t understand you, dear.” With that, he was finished. Just another dismissal that makes you know your place. At least he said it. Others simply gave you the silent treatment, the condescending stare or the look of pity as if you commit a crime not to talk like them. Where should she go now? The boarding house, the silent hall way and more of that disgusting shepherd’s pie. Longing for country made her sick; the labrish on verandahs until late when you bust a laugh as you please; the anansi stories under the moon light brought a wave of longing that made her dizzy.

In an essay of 500 words discuss:
(a) The attitudes towards dialectal variation evident from Mr. Channer’s speech at the start of the extract;
(b) the linguistic factors that contribute to the alienation that the young lady in the excerpt feels.
(c) the impact of this experience on her sense of identity.
(d) the ways in which a video depiction of this scenario would serve to highlight her alienation and sense of longing. (25 marks)