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quotations and study design Flashcards

1
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language is….

“language is in a …

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constant state of flux” (crystal)

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Standar Aus E

“a benchmark of…

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excellence that reflects correctess, precision, purity and elegance” (Burridge)

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formal choices

“lend…

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dignity, weight and authority to a communication” (Pam Peters)

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non-standard

“all dialects are…

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equally good for the purposes they serve” (Burridge and Mulder)

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informal lg

“reflects the …

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values, aspirations and accomplishements of those people you most closely identify with” (Burridge)

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overt vs covert prestege

“the value of a low …

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prestige variety for solidarity and identification with a group can often outweigh considerations of prestige, status or social advancement” (Ryan)

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7
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coolquialis and dimin endings can …

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“increase your likeability” (Dr Evan Kidd)

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lang + id

“every social group has its own…

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linguistic bonding mechanism” (Crystal)

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AbE

Aboriginal Englishes are a…

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“powerful vehicle for the expression of Aboriginal identity” (Diana Eades)

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AbE

“Aboringinal English plays an important role in the …

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maintenance and assertion of Aboriginal identity” (Eades)

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lg

“language is a dynamic …

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symbol of identity and culture” (Felicity Cox)

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Aus E

“Australian English functions as a …

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significant and extremely powerful symbol of national identity” (Macquarie Uni)

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ts

youth have always used language as a …

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“code, a way of excluding others” (McCrindle)

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ts

teenspeak is …

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“rich and vibrant and full of creativity of the people who use it” (Prof Anne Curzan)

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ts + digital

the way young lg users have used lg has become …

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“an ongoing performance of identity” (Dr Zappavigna)

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slang

the use of slang is a ..

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“a means of marking social or linguistic identity” (Crystal)

17
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slang

slang words are like …

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“masonic mortar” (Burridge)

18
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Aus + slang

Australians are reknowned for their …

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“colloquial creativty” and their “colourful compounds” (collins)

19
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eup

eups serve direct human interest by …

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“avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress” (Burridge)

20
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jargon

unless you are a member of the clique, …

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“its gibberish” (Pinker)

21
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jargon

“it is not …

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exclusivity; it is precision” (Fry)

21
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Jargon

“jargon facilitates …

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communication on one hand but erects quite successful communication barriers on the other” (Burrige)

22
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dys

dysp serve to

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“vent strong emotion” (Fromkin et all)

23
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discrim

discrim lg had the effect of …

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“reinforcing the subjugation of people already in a weak or vulnerable position in society” (Clive Hamilton, The Convo)

24
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PC

Chomsky said ….

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“a healthy expansion of moral concern”

25
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x2

doublespeak is …

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“dishonest and dangerous” (Burnside and Watson)

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x2

lg is more often an instrument of …

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“concealment rather than revelation” (Pinter

27
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Vocal effects

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  • coughs
  • laughter
  • breath
28
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Phonological patterning

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[think ocaarr (like ocker)]
Onomatopoeia, consonance, assonance, alliteration, rhyme, rhythm

29
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Morphological patterning

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Conversion of word class, creative word formation

30
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Syntactic patterning

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[think pal]
Parallelism, antithesis, listing

31
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Discourse factors that contribute to a texts cohesion

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  • lexical choice: synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, collocation
  • info flow: (fec)
  • anaphoric and catatonic reference
  • deictics
  • repetition or ellipsis
  • substitution
  • conjunctions and adverbials
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Semantic patterning

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Fig lg, simile, metaphor, irony, personification, oxymoron, puns, lexical ambiguity, animation

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Sense relations/ lexical meaning

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Denotations, connotations, synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, idiom

34
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SAE

SAE is the …

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“dominant dialect” (Aus Voices, Macquaire Uni)

35
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SAE

SAE is linguistic

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“best practice” (Burridge)

36
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ethnolects

“ethnicity is …

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an important part of social identity and is something people want to express through their language” - Burrige and Mulder

37
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slang/dys

changing societal view affect what is acceptible and not quote:

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“societal shifts will have linguistic repurcussions” (Allan and Burridge)

38
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PC

clairfing language which may have once been socially acceptible as no longer politically correct is ultimately …

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“chipping away at the idea alienating people through language is acceptible in the first place” (Jane Uwujaren)

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