Outcome 1 essay quotes Flashcards
Reddit post posted on feb 2025 “does anyone else feel bombarded by everything american”
Encouraging intimacy, solidarity and equality
→ employs colloquial and taboo language to express frustration with news coverage
“nah fuck that”, reflects a conversational tone that aligns with the cultural expectation of online spaces fostering unfiltered expression.
This also shows an equal relationship with the audience and author , as using highly informal language fosters relatability and solidarity. Swearing (“fuck that”, “fucking wall”) functions as a dysphemism, emphasizing the author’s emotional investment and engaging the audience through shared frustration.
Function: Emotive
This expresses personal frustration and emotional intensity, reflecting the speaker’s attitude rather than conveying information
Anthony Albanese’s political tweet on 2025 feb
demonstrates politeness strategies
→ aiming to persuade and reassure the public about proposed childcare policies
The usage of declarative sentence and formal word choices like “guaranteed” and “affordable,” communicates authority and confidence.
The Use of the collective pronoun “we” promotes inclusion and intimacy as well as solidarity while portraying the government as acting in the public’s best interests.
Function: Conative
conative function aimed at prompting action or belief.
2024 tik tok comment section about Billie Eilish grammies award
In-group membership
Informal terms like “bawling my eyes out” which is a semantic patterning hyperbole reflect genuine emotions, creating a feeling of a sense of community and mutual understanding among fans.
The use of emojis ( sobbing face, furious face) graphically displays these emotions, improving context-specific communication that is easily understood by fans. In addition the use of “our baby” displays intimacy and solidarity.
Function: Emotive
2023 Instagram post vegemite
Promoting linguistic innovation
The phrase “TASTES LIKE UP TO 30% OFF EOFY SALE” uses figurative language tying the idea of taste to a sale. This linguistic playfulness draws the viewer in and makes the commercial more interesting.
Function: Poetic
The playful figurative language establishes a memorable and engaging slogan, making it an example of the poetic function
2024 post on social media from Dan andrews
Building rapport
Declarative comments such as “Today and every day, we see you and believe you” add to the post’s emotional impact building more rapport.
Function: Phatic & Emotive
This builds rapport and connection (phatic function), while also expressing empathy and emotional support (emotive function)
The guardian 2024….
Regionally specific lang. “wusses” and “sooks”
lack of politeness strategies, particularly negative face (the desire to be free from imposition), as the language directly criticizes Dutton.
Function: Emotive
The regionally specific insults express judgment and criticism, reinforcing an emotional stance.
A reddit post 2024 feb criticizing WA politician’s name change
The sentence “Reminds me when Buddha Hocking at Geelong changed his name to Whiskas for cat food promo” lacks a subject (e.g., “This situation reminds me of…”), mimicking natural spoken discourse. Shows informal syntax and omission(ellipsis)
“Nut case stuff” is an example of dysphemism, used to mock the perceived irrationality of the name change.
“Aussie” regionally specific language
Function: Emotive
The dysphemistic language expresses mockery and disapproval, conveying personal judgment
Function: Referential
The sentence relates past events to the current discussion, aiming to provide a comparison and context
2025 Reddit post about Peter Dutton, Leader of the Opposition of Australia and his racism
The use of the highly offensive term “He is a cunt” is a dysphemism, meaning it is intentionally used to insult or degrade.
Function: Emotive+ referential
This dysphemism is used for insulting and degrading, making it a strong emotive expression.
Basically besties an Australian podcast 2024
“Mate” is a regionally specific language. Serves as linguistic markers fostering community and encouraging cultural identity + self expression
Function: Phatic
The term reinforces social bonds, facilitating interaction and group solidarity
2025 Text messages between friends
Abbreviation like “bio” and “istg”
Function: Phatic & Metalinguistic
Phatic function as abbreviations maintain social connection.
Metalinguistic function because it reflects linguistic conventions in digital communication
An american tik tok user posted a video on 2024
Misunderstood the Australian term “darl” as a doll leading to personal embarrassment. Morphological shortening.
Function: Metalinguistic
Senator fatima paymans political speech 2025
Slang such as “ fanum tax” + “skibidi”
Abbreviations and contractions: If the speech included more phrases like “gonna,” “wanna,” or “kinda,” it would further emphasize the informal tone, marking the speech as more conversational than formal.
Risk of Being Perceived as Inauthentic: While creative, the use of slang can also come across as disingenuous or as if the speaker is trying too hard to appear “cool” or “relevant.”
