English Language - Quotes v1 Flashcards
Corporate lanugage
“Australia has become a powerhouse in the financial and service sectors. Australians now when they go abroad, they’re not barmen and backpackers. They’re working in the corporate sector,” “The language of the corporate sector is business-speak, jargon and buzzwords. Australians have embraced that. ‘Utilise’, ‘corporatise, ‘maximise’. The old language is past its sell-by date.”
Mr Thorne told the BBC (found on colourful news.com)
habib hybrids
“Such a habib might say ‘I swear to god’ and ‘you know what I mean’, change ‘this’ into ‘dis’, and create hybrid language versions by adding the English ‘ing’ to Arabic colloquial verbs.”
(Moodie 2003, p. 35)
Death of Aussie Slang
University of Melbourne Professor of Language John Hajek blamed the yanks for the death of Aussie slang. He told the BBC that Americanisms had replaced much of the “traditional Australian language” — with their “awesome” replacing our “bonzer”. “We’re much more Americanised,” Professor Hajek said. “If you look at all our television these days, there’(re) a lot more American programs than you find in the UK, for example.”
University of Melbourne Professor of Language John Hajek
Rhyming Slang
less than half of Australians use rhyming slang such as “Joe Blake” for snake (44 per cent), “Captain Cook” for look (28 per cent) and “frog and toad” for road (25 per cent). The most widely used Australianisms are “no worries” (74 per cent of Australians have used this phrase), “arvo” (73 per cent), and “G’day” (71 per cent).
Mark McCrindle & Australian Bureau of Statistics
Ethnic visibility
“Socio-economic background in Australia is not as visible as race and ethnicity in the United States, nor is it as obvious as class in the UK .”
(Moodie 2003, p. 35)
Australian English
“Unlike in the European countries, in Australia, the identity is not defined and it certainly isn’t possible to speak of a refined Australian. A ‘stereotypical’ Australian is possible, but not an Australian that could be defined as aspirational for the majority of the population.”
(Moodie 2003, p. 35)
Habibs’ obsession
Australian English
“The responses of both male and female informants,” Moore says, “clearly indicate that habibs were obsessed
with grabbing girls’ attention, hotted-up cars and loud music, and have their own style of dress and particular ways of talking.
(Moodie 2003, p. 35)
Gender variation
Sub Theme Gender
We find that there is as much variation within the gender as there is between genders
Prof Deborah Cameron University of Oxford
Gender variables
Sub Theme Gender
Gender variables are linked to really what produces the difference Intervening variable like status which is liked gender differences coming in as a second variable
Prof Deborah Cameron University of Oxford
Symbolic resource
Sub Theme Gender
Language as a symbolic resource for communicating identity
Prof Deborah Cameron University of Oxford
Not Just women/men
Sub Theme Gender
People don’t think of themselves as just women or just men they identity as a particular type of men or women
Prof Deborah Cameron University of Oxford
language gender complex
Sub Theme Gender
The relationship between language and gender is complex
Prof Deborah Cameron University of Oxford
Move register
Concept Of Register (Level Of Formality)
A speaker may move from one register to another with ease.
Dr. Sarah Elaine Eatonÿ
Expected vs presented
Concept Of Register (Level Of Formality)
If one register is expected and another is presented, the result can be either that offense is taken (or intended) or a comic response.ÿ
Dr. Sarah Elaine Eatonÿ
Group acceptance
Concept Of Register (Level Of Formality)
Knowing what the various registers are, how to differentiate between them and when to use which one increases your chances of being accepted by groups and speakers in a variety of contexts.
Dr. Sarah Elaine Eatonÿ
