Talk This Way Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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poetic linguistics
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2
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other linguistics
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3
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contexts
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- the title is a play on the popular rock/ hiphop track ‘walk this way’
- a cross over between the two genres perhaps alludes to his search for a voice underneath and within the many influences in his life
4
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title analysis
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‘talk this way’ is an imperative command phrase demonstrating the forcible nature of the colonisation of guyanise language
‘this way’ is an adverbial phrase of direction which foreshadows the idea of ‘queens best’ english
it is also a play on the title of song ‘walk this way’
5
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phonetic linguistics
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6
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quotes
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