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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL
SEDE REGION BRUNCA
Campus Prez Zeledn
Bachillerato en la Enseanza del Ingls
Course: General Linguistics
Response Paper
Topic: Crisis del Idioma
Student: Melissa Mora Quirs
Prof. Sandra Palacios Palacios
San Isidro de El General
Marzo, 2011
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Crisis del Idioma
Response Paper
Conference given by: Dr. Fernando Durn Ayanegui
The topic discussed was about the changes on the Spanish language
throughout the times and generations. The visiting lecturer said that Spanish is rich
and complex, so it is productive to know which the standards are and how to speak
appropriately is without forgetting ancestors linguistic features. However, rules and
restricted utterances of Spanish were not specified during the conference. Now, this
conference was interesting because of the topic, for what is happening nowadays
with this language is extreme sometimes. Besides, there are many flexibilities and
changes on the ways to express ourselves and this is one of the main characteristic
of this language. Despite that fact, people should have some limitations when
speaking or writing. Generally, it is important to take into account that Spanish is
composed by different dialects for not to be confused with the terms Spanish and
Castilian, there has been a huge flexibility in standard Spanish but there are limits,
and people should speak as clear as possible their native language.
There are permanent varieties among Spanish-speaking people because of
the Spanish dialects, country and culture. For me it is curious when linguistic aspects
vary because of the country. For example, a specific word may not have the same
meaning in Argentina and Costa Rica. So, I think this aspect is important to know due
to the fact that we might have contact with international Spanish -speaking people, so
people will misinterpret when referring to a specific term. Besides, as Spanish can be
spoken everywhere it is the native language of the place; we have the right of
expressing in any dialect we want. However, this is a pedantic act because people
will misunderstand, there will not be an appropr iate communication and it is impolite .
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Thus, it is important to have knowledge about semantic peculiarities among Spanish
dialects and people whose Spanish is their native language have different ways to
express themselves.
The flexibility in the mandatory rules and structures in the standard Spanish is
a relevant feature that makes the complexity this language nowadays. Nevertheless,
there are restrictions that people should consider . In fact, this is necessary to have
boundaries to avoid informality and misunderstanding. Besides, for me this is more
negative than positive due to the nonsense expressions or words. Different from that,
the flexibility also happens in writing because there are abbreviations used by young
people that affect a lot the orthography. Now, I have my own experiences when I
communicate with adolescents on the internet, they write very weird for me that I
barely can understand the message. Thus, Spanish has had such a huge flexibility
throughout the times and this causes that many times there are silly extremes when
expressing.
Another important aspect in this conference was the appropriate use of our
native language. This aspect is the most interesting for me because sometimes we
think that we should speak with uncommon words to speak better and in a formal
way. However, the importance is to express ourselves as clear as possible. I think
that Hispanic people can be creative with their way to communicate and at the same
time be careful for they to speak correctly according to the standard rules. Also, we
must avoid giving unclear messages because our language is very complex and it
allows creativity. Moreover, we as Costa Ricans must know that speaking creatively
is not to speak confusing. Accordingly, it is interesting to pay attention how creative
we can be when speaking in Spanish without losing the sense and originality of the
language itself.
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As a conclusion, the Spanish language is so varied that in the last centuries
people have done mistakes when speaking and writing. In fact, there are not only
mistakes but also wrong use of orthography and speech utterances. In addition,
Hispanics can be very creative when speaking or writing even though it is necessary
to be careful for not to lose the clarity in the messages given. Moreover, the flexibility
in the standard Spanish has taken many changes in the rules and this is not positive
enough because people are expressing themselves with nonsense phrases. Now,
this society should persuade not to forget totally our ancestors use of the Spanish.
Since, some of the American countries share the same language; they must know
deeply the perception of some words and expressions. Besides, there are dialects
that characterized some nations and unfortunately people confuse the name of their
language. In other words, Castilian is not a language but a dialect from Spanish
which is the official mother tongue of Costa Rica, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala
and so on. Finally, the correct use of language is to speak clearly through following
standards and to accept differences among dialects.
References
Duran A. F., (2011). Crisis del IdiomaConference. Municipalidad de Perez
Zeledon.