Exam Quotes Flashcards
teenspeak not a child different from adult Rieschild
I’m not a child anymore and I’m different from an adult (Dr Rieschild)
Gayspeak in front of straight people (Paul)
The language [of gays] helped gay men talk to each [other] in front of straight people. It enabled gays to feel like part of an exclusive group (Paul)
Ethnolect detect accent (Basset)
If we detect some sort of an accent… we immediately form an opinion of the speaker even if he has only uttered a few sounds. (Basset)
language not independent apart from people. means to end to understand who you are and what society is like (crystal)
Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like. (crystal)
Identity flow (williams)
When we speak, [identity] flows from us (Williams)
SE highest prestige (burridge Mulder)
the Standard is the dialect of highest prestige, being associated with education and with the higher income groups (Burridge & Mulder)
texting phenomenon, younger gen doesn’t care (crystal)
“texting has evolved as a twenty-first-century phenomenon… full of abbreviations and deviant uses of language, used by a young generation that doesn’t care about standards” (Crystal)
slang not part of group (black)
Many do not understand [slang] because they’re not meant to, they’re saying ‘you’re not part of my group’ (Black)
friend mate mate cunt (Nick Kyrgios on Channel 7)
“Only in Australia do we call a stranger a mate and a friend a cunt.” stated Nick Kyrgios on an interview with Channel 7
burridge
jargon facilitated communication, barriers
[jargon] facilitates communication on one hand, but erects quite successful communication barriers on the other
standard is… (burridge)
intrinsically superior to other varieties
