Linguist Quotes Flashcards
Orwell - Jargon
To befuddle and disguise ordinary and inconvenient facts
Orwell - Plain language
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity
Burridge - Jargon
It facilitates communication on one hand but erects quite successful barriers
Crystal - SAE 1
Standard English carries the most prestige and is the most widely understood
Chomsky
A healthy expansion of moral concern
De Loakes - Accents
If they don’t have a mainstream accent the judgements will be more negative
Fromkin et al. - SAE
Members who adopt SAE are seen as attempting to raise themselves above the community
Article - Concise English
Using good concise English is key to getting and holding the attention of graduate employers
Indeed - Formal Language
knowing how to formally communicate can help improve the way you communicate with colleagues
Crystal - Belonging
More than anything else language shows we belong
Gretchen McCulloch
In her book ‘Because Internet’ she describes the use of emojis, gifs and other context specific graphemes as ‘emblems’ embodying paralinguistic features present in the spoken mode.
Crystal - Internet
Language itself changes slowly but the internet has sped up the roves of these changes.
Sterling - Identity
Linguistic variation is a tool for us to construct ourselves as social beings.
Burridge - Multiculturalism
Australia is an increasingly multicultural society with high levels of linguistic diversity
Stan Grant
The ABC should look and sound like us.
