Annotated Biblography

Schiffmann, Harold. "Linguistic Tolerance Policies: ." Paper for Roundtable Discussion (2001): n. pag. Web. 19 Nov 2009. .



This article discusses the tolerance of American society and also how tolerance is shown throughout other countries. This article was written by a professor named Harold Shiffmann who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. He states that "The notion of ‘tolerance’ as an attribute of language policies can probably be traced back to the German sociologist of language Heinz Kloss (Kloss 1977) who was writing about the concept in terms of American policy towards its linguistic ‘nationalities.’". Along with tolerances that go along with language, Shiffmann goes over religious tolerances. But the main point of this article is the use of the broad scope,wide sphere,narrow sphere and narrowest scope that describes the language tolerance. Broad scope is defined as being the language used in all domains, public and private, secular and religious. Broad-scope tolerance was probably limited to Pioneer. Secondly it talks about the wide sphere which is defined as be the right to use language in all domains, public and private, secular and religious. Third would be the narrow sphere which is described as being the right to stay and assemble. Lastly, narrowest scope is the right to have a private school to practice the language that they so choose. All of these examples directly relates to language and the freedom to do it in the United States.



"LINGUISTIC VARIATION." Chapter 11 n. pag. Web. 19 Nov 2009. .


This article shows how linguistic variation can vary. it first states that there are many different variations of language in the world. The article goes on to tell that most of the linguistic variation of spoken language was therefore never attended to in any systematic fashion.During the article she criticizes English professors for being prejudice towards other languages other then English. This article believes that there should not be any hatred towards other linguistic features because it is not the same as yours. the article criticizes it because it thinks that the so called " English Whizzes" do not look at the linguistic value of other languages in its entirety. I agree with this article because I believe that it is not fair to judge other people, on how you perceive their language or even heritage. I believe that this article is right on when it is describing what should and can be done about neglecting linguistics.