Thursday, January 29, 2009

Groped by TIME & a FEW Questions


So, as I go on my blog travels with reckless abandon, a stumble upon and DIGG the bizarre question thursday thang over at Holly's never land ranch .... blog.
Since this is my first effort with this new and un-charted dessert isle (ooooo cupcakes!) I will copy paste my way to blogging bliss. THIS IS THE STORY !!!!

Stolen content from Holly's Never Land Ranch follows below. Google LOVES duplicate content by the way. (yep yep uhhhhh huh)

WHAT THE HECK IS BIZARRE QUESTION THURSDAY?? ...well, first, we should probably cover what it's NOT.it isn't a small cafe in or near the denver metro area.it isn't my grandmother's favorite tea cozy.it isn't my mom's signature picnic dish.it isn't batman's summer home.it isn't a small something that you plug a Cartoon Speedcast Singingsmall device into.okay. that aside, we shall now cover how it came to be.i received a series of questions from the fabulous daryl, who was herself questioned by some other undoubtedly lovely person. i believe maria started the whole thing.i answered said questions in an honest, forthright bizarre manner and invited people (as per the rules) to volunteer for me to interview them.these were my interviewees' responses:lilacspecsmielikki`jo beaufoixcoreyit was such fun creating the questions -and even more fun to read the responses, that i wanted to do it every week.so here we are.one question, each week, which you can answer, and if you do, add yourself to mr linky. plleeease do. i paid $5 for that silver membership.nb : you don't *have* to do it in a zany way, but wouldn't it be more fun?so without further adieu, let's get to the question for the week.

You sit down at starbucks (or indeed your cafe of choice). bob's son, buddy jesus, sits down next to you with an iced chai. he says "hi (SPEEDYCAT!), how are you? i like what you're wearing. oh did you catch that red sox game?"you have a lovely chat, and OBVIOUSLY cover such topics as "why is there suffering in the world?" and "yes but am *i* getting into heaven?" and "who really framed roger rabbit?"with that out of the way,what one other question do you ask him?

"I was wondering why my hair has to keep on falling out??" ... and thanks for making me such a talented bongo player by the way


From SPEEDCAT HOLLYDALE PAGE


amazingly, steve, the guy who really runs the universe, walks in after you finish your drinks. he comes up to you and says "look, (Speedcat), i need to irradicate one little annoyance forever. i can't decide between ingrown toenails and the colour puce. what do you think?" which one do you choose, or do you choose something else? note : he can not irradicate human suffering. just small stuff, like dandruff.okay,

"Well, Steeeevo .... how about you get rid of Taco Bell? Sure, I will miss the place, but it makes me all bloated and irritable colon, yah know? My will power is just too small to combat a CHEEEESY GORDITA. Ohhh BABY!!!!!"

From SPEEDCAT HOLLYDALE PAGE


... and you might want to do something about my coveting problem (clears throwt) ahhh hemm



AND so there you have it. These loonies played too.
1. DarylE
2. Jo Beaufoix
3. Me (SPPEDY)
4. YOU!!!! ... go to bizarre question thursday fast like

From SPEEDCAT HOLLYDALE PAGE

88 comments:

Chris said...

Are you going by "SPPEDY" now?

Sorry! Couldn't resist! (Back to being invisible! WHAT AM I DOING ON A BANNED SITE????)

Speedcat Hollydale said...

That's my MEMEio Pen Name.


TACO MAN!!!!!!!! TAHHHHHHH CO MAAAANNNNNNNNN ..........

Kim said...

hello Speedy...
I've no idea what the answer to this question is...
perhaps you can throw a big blanket over Taco Bell....
and I think our Aussie cricketer Warnie has the answer to the hair loss question ;)

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Ummmm, is that cheese sauce on your face?

And what was the question?

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Question = "you can has cheese?"

Speedcat Hollydale said...

KIM!!!!!!!!!!


Hello mate :-)

Thanks for calling long distance

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Answer = "LOL!"

Question = You haz shave today, Senator?"

Speedcat Hollydale said...

OHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!


I might have (((((grin)))))

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Ms. MP was very thorough in her interagation of The Senator...and The Senator sure has some interesting ideas! I'm so impressed!

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Gosh! I am a little behind in posting on my blog arn't I? And I totally MISSED WBW!

Hmmmm....now what?

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Well, how about a quick plastic surgery???

Speedcat Hollydale said...

We could have a contest .....

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Such as ........????????? Shaving something????

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Or chopping something off & putting it back somewhere else???

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

....or....using the Shrink or Bulge buttons?!?!?!

Speedcat Hollydale said...

you call it sister

Speedcat Hollydale said...

just saw your comment at moneypenny

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

I'm your sister?!?!? I thought we had that all straightened out?

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

I am still pondering it too.....

Speedcat Hollydale said...

STEP sister ... I was adopted!!!

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

That explains why YOU have a beard & I do NOT! SHAZAM!!!

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Nurse, somehow your "whip appeal" would be lost with a beard .... Hat or No hat!!!!

Mimi Lenox said...

She's one brilliant nurse!
Now what was the question?

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Mimi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

No Hat?!?! Banish the very thought!!!!

Gosh we have made a LOT of comments over the past few months.....(guess what I'm doin'???)

Speedcat Hollydale said...

BAKING ?????????


he heee

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Mimi ... do you want in on my football blog betting????

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Baking...is that some sort of euphemisim???

Speedcat Hollydale said...

OOOOOOOOOOO .... a soft spot!

No, it was a paradoxial savant

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Foe Paw Cat ???

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Forgive me Doctah....but you have said really some crazy things yanno that?!?!? I am laffing my tushy off here!

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Colloquialism ????

y'all nurses in the bakeries

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Crazy things "WHERE" ????

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

I am baking you a special CAKE! :) The kind you just wanna stick your face in and make a BIG 'OL mess with! HAHA!

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Here...there...all OVER the place......

Speedcat Hollydale said...

CRAZY CAKE FRIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!


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Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Slow down!....I was just making a euphemisim!!!...not a cake!

No cake. Sorry bub!

Speedcat Hollydale said...

en las manos de... 'in the hands of...', ¿Qué pasa? paralinguistics ????

Speedcat Hollydale said...

OYE OYE !!!!!!!!!

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Mállýskumunur hefur löngum verið lítill í íslensku, til dæmis samanborið við færeysku eða norsku. Ýmis svæðisbundin afbrigði mynduðust þó á Íslandi, en deildar meiningar eru um hvort sá munur geti kallast mállýskumunur. Hingað til hefur yfirleitt verið einblínt á framburðarmun þó einnig hafi einhver munur verið á orðanotkun. Til dæmis hvort menn beri orðið latur fram með fráblásnu t eða ekki, eða hvort menn kalli ákveðna tegund af reyktum pylsum bjúgu, sperðla, grjúpán eða langa.

Speedcat Hollydale said...

ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد
پرش به: ناوبری, جستجو
به هریک از گونه‌های یک زبان گویش می‌گویند. گویش‌ها می‌توانند مربوط به یک منطقه ویژه یا طبقهٔ ویژه‌ای از جامعه باشند.

چند گویش با هم یک زبان را تشکیل می‌دهند. گویش را نباید با لهجه اشتباه گرفت. هر گویش خود دارای چند لهجه است.

نمونه:

گویش‌های زبان فارسی: فارسی ایران، فارسی دری، فارسی تاجیکی
لهجه‌های زبان فارسی: لهجه تهرانی، لهجه اصفهانی،لهجه هراتی
یک لهجه خود می‌تواند گونه‌هایی نیز داشته‌باشد مانند گونه لاتی از لهجه تهرانی. همچنین گویش های فراوانی برگرفته از زبان های پهلوی و باستانی چون گویش دشتی در برخی از مناطق ایران زمین وجود دارند.

بنابراین به ترتیب تقسیم‌بندی:

زبان
گویش
لهجه
گونه

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

You gotta be kiddin' me....

Speedcat Hollydale said...

方言
出自維基百科,自由嘅百科全書
跳去: 定向, 搵嘢
想搵呢個詞嘅第啲意思,睇下「方言 (搞清楚)」。
方言係一個語言學術語,英文係Dialect。方言分兩種,一種叫「地域方言」,另一種叫「社會方言」。地域方言(regional dialect)係語言嘅地域變體,多數嚟講地域方言係因為大規模移民之後,久而久之演變出嚟。而社會方言(Sociolect 或 Social Dialect)係語言嘅社會變體,同一種話因為唔同人嘅職業、階層、年紀、性別差異,而喺講嘢嘅口音、措詞、言談之間會有唔同,例如上流社會同低下層社會嘅人講嘢就有唔同。社會方言之下又有所謂個人方言(idiolect),即係每個人講嘢自己嘅特點。


「方言」相對「語言」 [編輯]通常任何有語言差異嘅社會,基本上每個人講嘢都係講方言,方而相對於語言嚟講,語言屬於一個抽象觀念,因為實際上每個人講嘢都係講方言而唔係講語言。對於語言一個比較實在啲嘅理解,可以講成「民族共同語」或者「民族語言」,即係指一個民族講嘢嘅大圍基礎。例如中國嘅民族共同語就係普通話,但實際上唔同地方嘅人講普通話都帶有方言嘅特性,就算係以標準普通話,即北京話嚟計,佢本身亦係一種地域方言,所以民族共同語其實本身都係以某一種方言作為基礎,所以又有分非基礎方言同基礎方言,但兩種嘢之間都有好多相通。

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Je to územný (zemepisný) variant národného jazyka s vlastným zvukovým, gramatickým, slovotvorným a lexikálnym systémom (stredoslovenské nárečie, východoslovenské nárečie, západoslovenské nárečie), tvoriaci komplexnú lingvistickú, historickú a sociologickú kategóriu. Metodické preferovanie jednotlivých znakov týchto kategórií sa odráža v rozličných definíciách a hodnoteniach nárečia. Pri formulovaní téz o funkčne vymedzenej platnosti nárečia sa uplatňuje najmä sociologický aspekt.

Miestne (územné, oblastné, teritoriálne) nárečie má hovorený charakter; v rečových prejavoch prevažuje dialóg. V súčasnosti nárečia neplnia všetky sociálne funkcie, ktoré náležia plnohodnotnému jazykovému útvaru. Zo štyroch základných jazykovo-komunikačných činností (reč, písanie, počúvanie, hovorenie) sa v nich primárne uplatňuje iba prvá a tretia. Kognitívne funkcie definitívne prevzal jazykový útvar s vyššou prestížou, a to spisovný jazyk; zanedbateľné nie sú ani vplyvy jeho neštruktúrnych foriem.

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Have you been nipping at the Arugula Juice again?!?!?

Speedcat Hollydale said...

დიალექტი (ბერძ. διαλέγομαι, dialegomai „ერთად ლაპარაკი“) არის გარკვეული ლიტერატურული ენის არასტანდარტიზებული ვარიანტი, მისი რეგიონალურ-კუთხური ან სალაპარაკო ფორმა, რომელიც ამავე ენის სხვა დიალექტებისგან გარკვეული რაოდენობის ლექსიკური, სინტაქსური თუ ფონეტიკური თავისებურებებით გასხვავდება. მას იყენებს მოსახლეობის შედარებით მცირე ნაწილი, თუმცა იგი ძირითადში გასაგებია სტანდარტული ენის მატარებლებისთვის.

ძირითადად დიალექტთა ორ ტიპს განასხვავებენ:

ლოკალური დიალექტები (ანუ გეოგრაფიული დიალექტები, რომლებსაც გეოლექტებსაც უწოდებენ), რომელთაც შეისწავლის დიალექტოლოგია. ეს დიალექტები შეიძლება თანაარსებობდნენ ერთსა და იმავე დონეზე (მაგ. ამერიკის შეერთებულ შტატებში, სადაც ყველა რეგიონში მეტ-ნაკლებად განსხვავებული ინგლისურით ლაპარაკობენ, მაგრამ არც ერთი ვარიანტი არ არის სხვებზე უპირატესი), ან სტანდარტულ ენასთან შედარებით დაბალ დონეზე იყოს მიჩნეული.
სოციალური დიალექტები (სოციოლექტები), რომელთაც სოციოლინგვისტიკა შეისწავლის.

ცნება ”დიალექტი” განსხვავდება ცნებისგან ”კილო” (შეადარე ქართლური კილო), რომელიც ენის მხოლოდ ფონოლოგიურ ასპექტს მოიცავს. ასე მაგალითად, აჭარელს შეუძლია ლიტერატურულ ქართულ ენაზე აჭარული კილოთი ისაუბროს, მაგრამ არ შეუძლია სტანდარტიზირებულ ქართულად აჭარული დიალექტით ლაპარაკობდეს.

დიალექტური, კუთხური ენა ლიტერატურაშიც გამოიყენება, ძირითადად ამა თუ იმ რეგიონის ან გარკვეული მოსახლეობის ცხოვრებისეული რეალიების აღსაწერად.


ზღვარი სტანდარტულ ენასა და დიალექტს შორის [რედაქტირება]

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Mundart hat eine ortsbezogene regionale Färbung und ist daher die Sprachform mit der geringsten kommunikativen Reichweite. Der Dialektsprecher wird manchenorts bereits im Nachbardorf als ortsfremd erkannt arugala von arugalian

Miss Moneypenny said...

Steve runs the universe?

Should we ask Nurse Amanda Huggankiss if Steve has clean shaven balls? ;)

Speedcat Hollydale said...

What ???

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Moneypenny!!!!

Yes, I think you should (smile)

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

What what???

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Who the hell is Steve?

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Nurse, did you read my post ????

Speedcat Hollydale said...

STEVE MASTER OF THE ARUGALIAN UNIVERSE !!!!!!!!!!!


ehh, Steve .... turn up the temperature

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Yeah....but that was a long time ago! HAHA!

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

(I am also simultaniously posting on my blog...so gimme a break, OK?) SMOoootch!

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

God I am a horrible speller!

Speedcat Hollydale said...

ok .........

Miss Moneypenny said...

Seems like the Nurse has never seen Steve! :)

Speedcat Hollydale said...

方言
維基百科,自由的百科全書
跳轉到: 導航, 搜尋
關於「方言」的其他意思,詳見「方言 (消歧義)」。
地方語言(常簡稱為方言)最簡單的定義就是指一個特定地理區域中某種語言的變體。然而,值得注意的是,在對所謂的「語言」和「方言」進行定義時,無論是採用社會語言學者「相互理解性」的判別標準,或者是歷史語言學者「歷史發展關係」的判別標準,我們都無可避免地會碰到相當程度的任意性和困難性。因此,多數人同意,在實際操作上,判別語言和方言的標準往往是政治性的,如果某種語言完成標準化(特別是書面標準化)的程序,我們通常將其稱之為「語言」(其本質上可以被視為是一種「標準化方言」);如果某種語言沒有完成這個程序,則我們通常將其稱為「方言」(本質上可以被視為是一種「非標準化方言」)。

目錄 [隱藏]
1 「方言」和「語言」的界定
2 語言人類學的看法
3 社會語言學的看法
3.1 語言差異的連續性
3.2 理解的定義
3.3 不同個體的不同理解能力
4 歷史語言學的看法
4.1 基本觀念的混淆
4.2 和「相互理解性」概念不一定相容
4.3 語言變遷的不同速度
5 用政治因素來理解所謂「方言」的概念
6 「方言」的研究書目舉隅
7 參考出處
8 參看
9 外部連結



[編輯] 「方言」和「語言」的界定
許多語言學者認為,所謂「方言」和「語言」的區別基本上是任意的,雖然一些語言學者曾經提出種種不同的判準,但是,這些不同的判準卻常常會產生不一致的結論。而在實際操作中,一個或一些語言之所以會被稱之為「方言」,通常是由於以下的原因:

由於這些語言缺少適當的書面語,或者是雖然有書面語,該書面語卻不被承認為具有正當性;
由於這些語言的使用者沒有屬於自己的國家;
由於這些語言長久以來被其他的語言所歧視;
由於這些語言是由同一民族所擁有;
由於這些語言的書面語的統一性。
以下對語言學者幾種比較常用的「方言與語言比較」的判別方式進行討論,並進一步指出這些判準在實際應用上的困難。在一些情況之下,對於語言和方言的界定,已不僅是語言學層面上的問題了。


[編輯] 語言人類學的看法
對語言人類學的學者而言,方言是指「某個口語社群所使用之某種特定形式的語言」。也就是說,相對於「方言」而言,「語言」是一個抽象的概念。所有的人在口頭上所使用的都是某種「方言」,而不是「語言」。

事實上,在現代某些社會中,人們會人為地制定所謂的「民族共同語」或「官方語言」。然而,值得注意的是,這些「民族共同語」或「官方語言」也是以某一種方言為基礎而產生的,在本質上也可以被視為是一種方言。以中國所使用的「普通話」為例,中國的語言學者周振鶴和游汝傑就這樣表示:「且不管大多數人所說的普通話都是帶有方言特徵的,就是標準的普通話也是『以北京語音為標準音,以北方話為基礎方言』的。北京話和北方話當然也是方言」。


[編輯] 社會語言學的看法
多數的語言學者會試著依尋社會語言學的定義,將「相互理解性」視為是判斷「方言」或「語言」時最重要的一個判準。簡單來講,如果一個人會使用甲語言,在不用另外教導的情況下,他也可以了解乙語言的話,那麼,這個乙語言就可以被視為是甲語言的方言,或者甲語言可以被視為是乙語言的方言。還有另外一種可能,就是甲語言和乙語言都被視為是另一個丙語言的方言,而丙語言則被稱之為「語言」。相反地,如果使用甲語言的人無法了解乙語言的話,那麼,甲語言和乙語言就是不同的「語言」,而不是「方言」。





[編輯] 語言差異的連續性
「相互理解性」概念的第一個難題在於「語言差異的連續性」。比如說,甲語言的使用者了解乙語言,乙語言的使用者了解丙語言,丙語言的使用者了解丁語言。然而,甲語言的使用者卻不了解丙語言,而乙語言的使用者也不了解丁語言。也就是說,不同「語言」之間的差異性基本上是一個連續體,並不存在一條明晰而可以一刀兩斷的界線。

此外,如果是甲語言的使用者了解乙語言,而乙語言的使用者卻不了解甲語言的話,則很難界定這兩個語言的關係視為是「方言和語言」,或是不同的「語言」。


[編輯] 理解的定義
「相互理解性」不是十分容易定義的一個概念。只能理解書面語或口語的「半溝通」,不一定被認為是理解。

以使用芬蘭語的人來講,由於瑞典語是芬蘭公立學校所教導的一個科目,所有的芬蘭人基本上都懂瑞典語,因此他們也可以讀懂一些丹麥語。然而,他們卻在口頭上完全無法理解丹麥語。所以,以芬蘭人的標準來看,我們難道應該宣稱丹麥口語和瑞典口語是不一樣的「語言」,但是丹麥書面語卻不是瑞典書面語的「方言」。


[編輯] 不同個體的不同理解能力
此外,使用同一個語言的不同個體,其實也擁有不儘然相同的「理解能力」。一個人如果具備多語能力,和只具備單一語言能力的人相比,她/他可能在理解沒正式學過的語言上,就擁有更好的機會可以理解其他語言。以一個沒正式學過荷蘭語、但卻懂其他六種印歐語系語言(丹麥語、英語、德語、拉丁語、挪威語、瑞典語)的學者為例,由於精通多種語言的關係,這個學者雖然完全沒有學過荷蘭語,卻多少可以理解些許荷蘭語。但是,對於只懂瑞典語的人而言,荷蘭語是另外的一種「語言」,但是,對這個學者而言,荷蘭語卻可能是瑞典語、德語或者是英語的「方言」。


[編輯] 歷史語言學的看法
有很多歷史語言學者,則是從歷史發展的角度著手,將「從某個歷史上比較久遠之溝通媒介發展出來的口語形式」稱之為「方言」。比如說,以這種觀點而言,屬於日爾曼語族的語言就被視為是「拉丁語」的方言,而現代希臘語則被視為是「古希臘語」的方言。


[編輯] 基本觀念的混淆
第一個難題是基本觀念的混淆。從這種觀點來看,假設甲語言衍生自乙語言,而乙語言又是衍生自丙語言的話,那麼,以乙語言為例,雖然她對甲語言而言是一種「語言」,而甲語言則是一種「方言」;但是,乙語言卻也同時是丙語言的「方言」,而丙語言則是一種「語言」。這種操作方式顯然會讓整個概念系統變得複雜而混淆不清。


[編輯] 和「相互理解性」概念不一定相容
再者,以「歷史發展關係」當作標準所界定出來的「語言」和「方言」,其彼此之間卻不一定具備社會語言學者所強調的「相互理解性」。也就是說,在將「承傳關係」視為是判別語言或方言之主軸的時候,作為「子語言」的「方言」,和作為「母語言」的「語言」之間,卻不一定具有「相互理解性」。


[編輯] 語言變遷的不同速度
,一個「語言」有可能會同時產生一個以上的「方言」,而這些「方言」又各自有不同的變化速度。在這種情況下,一個很可能出現的情形是,某兩個歷史發展關係上比較不親近的「方言」(根據歷史語言學者的定義),她們兩者之間的「相互理解性」,竟然比她們和其他歷史發展關係上比較親近之「方言」的「相互理解性」還要高。以同屬於羅曼語支的義大利語、西班牙語和法語為例。義大利語和西班牙語之間的相似性,就比她們和法語之間的相似性高得多,雖然從歷史發展的角度來看,無論是義大利語和法語之間的關係,或者是西班牙語和法語之間的關係,都比義大利語和西班牙語之間的關係要密切的多。造成這種現象的原因,正是法語在歷史上變化的速度比較快,而義大利語和西班牙語的變化速度比較慢,所以她們兩者之間反而擁有更多共享的語彙。


[編輯] 用政治因素來理解所謂「方言」的概念
語言就是擁有陸軍和海軍的方言。 --- 馬克斯·魏因賴希
如果說,無論是「相互理解性」或者是「歷史發展關係」,都無法清楚地劃出「方言」和「語言」之界線的話,那麼,根據多數語言學者的共識,造成這條界線的根本原因,並不是在語言「本身」,而是語言以外的其他政治和社會因素。在區別「方言」和「語言」時,其中最重要的一個因素,是該語言的「標準化」程度。如果某種方言曾經被書面化(這通常是標準化的前提)過、而且已經達成一定程度之標準化的話,我們就將其稱之為「語言」。

彼得·特魯傑就曾經這樣宣稱,對他而言,「語言」就是「一種獨立的、標準化的變體 ……,而且有她們自己的生命」。以這種標準來看,這個世界上多數的既存語言,可能都無法被稱之為是一種語言。事實上,在世界上的每一個角落,其實都存在著很多可能變成「語言」的方言。然而,如果論及歷史發展的現實,我們卻發現到多數的語言都沒有完成這個標準化的程序,而被人稱之為「方言」。相反地,只有某些特定的語言被某些人刻意選取出來,而成為所謂的「語言」。之所以某些語言最後變成「語言」而某些語言最後變成「方言」呢,是因為那些菁英、國家機器的建構者、以及教會代表的選擇,決定了一個語言是被稱之為「語言」或者是「方言」。

因此,所謂「方言」或「語言」的分類,其實反映的不是語言本身的優劣,而是語言使用者的相對政治權力。一個語言之所以被稱之為「語言」,那是因為使用這個語言的人掌握了政治決策的權力。相反地,一個語言之所以被稱之為「方言」,那是因為使用這個語言的人被剝奪了標準化其語言的權力。就像Max Weinreich所宣稱的「語言就是擁有陸軍和海軍的方言」一樣,也用類似的方式對「語言」下定義:「語言就是擁有國界的方言」、「語言就是菁英所推銷的方言」。





[編輯] 「方言」的研究書目舉隅

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Moneypenny ... I don't think so either!

I heard he is furry. Nurse A likes furry guys

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Hairy. Not furry. Big diff.

Speedcat Hollydale said...

And lives in "方言」的研究書目舉隅"

Speedcat Hollydale said...

I knew you were listening ....


Whatch postin Leanna??

Miss Moneypenny said...

Who is the Speedy Chinesecat? Does he work for Steve?

Rolando said...

Oh man I must be tired, I don't know what you just said lol. Go Steelers! haha

Speedcat Hollydale said...

MONEYPENNY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Youuuuuu HOOOOOOO

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

My 'puter is acting funny.....what did you do to it?!?!?

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Rolando ... I have blog bet Superbowl going on. You want in????

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Moneypenny: "yoorikah dis coments heheheee"

Miss Moneypenny said...

Not Doctor Wang? ;)

Speedcat Hollydale said...

What did "I" do to it????

I am only a mere Minnesota boy minding my own business here.


Yourika my blog?? he he he

Speedcat Hollydale said...

Miss Moneypenny .... HA HAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!

Yes, I think it is Doctor Wang.


Hold that thought .......... :-)

Doctor Shoal said...

What the blazes is going on here?????

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

cut paste cut paste......

Doctor Shoal said...

Someone call for a doctor????

Miss Moneypenny said...

I'm still trying to find Bobby Chung to translate your chinese and can't find how to say "Irika your blog" in chinese!

Doctor Shoal said...

i AM not PASTING .... I am sutchering

Doctor Shoal said...

Even if you just say hello, any comment is welcome. Everyone is important at the Speedcat Hollydale Page!

I rika roo Monpens

Miss Moneypenny said...

I can't hold the thought any longer... Will Dr. Wang snake out Dick Plumberskins? :D

Doctor Shoal said...

Doctor Wang has mixed the traditional medical science treasure with the modern medical science theory and combined the treatment with the health protection ... which translates to the layman as insurance fraud and phamasudical boners

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss said...

Paging Doctah Shoal!!! And Nurse MP!!!

Doctor Shoal said...

I voted for Marcus Wellbeys !!!

Doctor Shoal said...

uhhhhh Ohhhhhh .....

C'mon Moneypenny!!!!! Hop in my medical unit #7

Miss Moneypenny said...

LMAO @ phamasudical boners

Yes, Head Nurse?

Are we moving to Dr. Shoals office or the Nurse's station?

holly said...

totally fantastic!!!! but i knew it would be.

okay, here's the problem, though, speedy:

i LOVE taco bell, almost as much as i love taco johns. if they had a taco bob's i would probably love that.

ALSO, i believe taco bell is the thing that will ultimately kill paris hilton. if we get rid of that, we are stuck with *HER*. we can't have that!!!!

otherwise I LOVE IT!!!

Jen - Queen of Poo said...

NO! He can't get rid of Taco Bell. There might not be one in heaven.

And kudos to you for giving a little thanks along with your question. It never occurred to ungrateful me. :-)

Jo Beaufoix said...

You see, we don't have Taco Bell in the UK so I's be ok with that. And yours is blumming marvellous Mr Speedcat. Your post I mean. Tsk, what were you thinking?