section C examples(quick+ context based)

Question 1

broad quick eg.

Answer 1

Cunt
Fuck
Bloody no longer offensive= amplifier + reflect Aus id

Question 2

Broad ”You can’t ask that”

Answer 2

May 2022
“You can’t ask that”
ABC= asking uncomfortable questions in episode called “Bogan”
Eg. “Yeah,nah.Everyone I meet I talk ta people the same no madda who they are.The way I’m talkin to you I’d talk to the bloody Queen like this, ya know”(Benny from Camperdown)
 flapping of medial mid-voiceless consonant “t” in the noun “madda”
 disc part= self-effacing, softening + hedging Benny’s genuine and honest response
- slightly dysphemistic archetypically Australian adjective “bloody”

Question 3

teenspeak quick

Answer 3

Clart
Among us
Sus
Rizz
Wagwan
Clapped

Question 4

social media posts as exemplars

Answer 4

Edutopia post
Marissa King
“yasss”+ “thanks”- repetition of graphene (s)= emulate elongation of spoken mode
+ enables them to emotionally express their exaggerated gratitude + agreement

Question 5

Algospeak

Answer 5

Algo speak = language to bypass content moderation
Eg. “unalive” “ corn” “seggs”  new ones due to the euphemistic treadmill
-ve attitutudes towards such lang in these contexts are largely due to ppl expectations about lang use in public domain and by certain “types” of lang users

Question 6

ethno quick

Answer 6

Italian Australian English= break/a/fast “bludda phone”

Question 7

ethnocultural (German)

Answer 7

Influx of migrants ww2 german communities
Mother= has german-Australian ethnocultural variety
Eg. “zis” for “this” (substitution)
Eg. “fvery” for “very”
Eg. “ve” for “we” b/c ”w” graphene= phonetically pronounced as /v/ in german
Personally experienced ethnolect as a “linguistic bonding mechanism” as she reveals her proud cultural allegiance+ affiliation + supports in-group of german aus friends  tend to +ve face needs( feel belonging to country migrated to)

Question 8

Simon Taylor ethnocultural/dysphemism

Answer 8

Comedian+ regular newspaper writer
Melbourne comedy festival
Italian-aus
Recount the story+ encounter with “Joey the panelbeater”
Due to accident crashed and originally repairs cost 1500
Last call to panel beater and Joey picks up with thick Italian dialect/accent pronounced that the 1500 price “sounz like a bidda bullshit”= flapping + assim in “bidda” + sound sub in “sounz”
Respond in own ethnolect= reflect alliance share common ground (common heritage)  build rapport b/w them  800 price

dyspehmistic–> build rapport w each other + solidarity with one another b/c “bullshit”(dysphemism) signals a closer tenor (“closer abusiveness”)

Question 9

Michael Frederick

Answer 9

Fremantle vs St Kilda (fremantle win)
Sat 9th July 2022
Fan sent deranged tirade of abuse on Instagram(5 messages)
“You stupid black nigger slave piece of shit”
”scrub my feet and sweep my floor you black dog”
Dockers Ceo Simon garlick: “There is absolutely no place for online abuse and our club will not tolerate it at any level”
Nigger= dehumanizing(origins of slavery)

Question 10

Ugle Hasan

Answer 10

Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda (win)
March 2023
Ugle Hagan= 2020 1st pick
Alice Hagan(mother)- “cut deep like a sharp abandon”
“coon”-St Kilda fan

Question 11

Mark Latham

Answer 11

April 2023
Independent MP Alex Greenwich referred to Latham LGBTQ views=“disgusting”
Provoked unsolicited response= “Disgusting? how does that compare to sticking your dick up a blokes asshole”

Question 12

John Kapris

Answer 12

18 August 2023
Bizarre 4 minute video before the WWC semifinal clash b/w matildas(Aus women soccer) vs English football team.
“I don’t care if they are munching on the carpet…I do not care.I don’t give a fuck”
Continues to call them “ carpet munchers”
Derogatory slur= to sexually refer to lesbian
Dehumanize+ marginalize b/c = reduce them to a sexual action
Impose –ve face needs(respect)

Question 13

English lang exam

Answer 13

Public domain
Section C of English language exam 2023
“Refer to at least two subsystems in your response”
Direct students to criterea  facilitate maximisation of marks
Serves communicative function b/c address widest possible range of audience
Overt prestige

Question 14

Galway Yunnipingu

Answer 14

Public domain May 2023
Anthony Albanese
Commemorate the life and death of influential first nations person
“ Yunnupingu walked in two worlds with authority, power and grace and he worked to make the world whole together”
Compound-complex + metaphors “walked in two worlds” and “make the world whole”+ final adverb “together” cohesively ties metaphors whilst placing end focus upon itself
Carefully constructed + standard  reflect serious gravity  allow for respectful sincere commemoration

Question 15

jargon( quick eg.)

Answer 15

“Pleat, pocket petal”-origami
“Canadian Bacon, Roast Beef, seatbelt”- snowboarding
“offside, trivela, hattrick” –soccer(personalize)

economical communicative function + in group membership sense of unity+ solidarity

may alienate others b/c gibberish not intelligible therefore less accessible to others may function like a “code”

Question 16

Williams Boag Architects(Wba)

Answer 16

Professional large scale architect and building company= work on major institutions
In their Company commitment webpage “ to provide fit for purpose design solutions married to major project delivery capacity”
“passive and active design strategies”
 reflect brand id + est expertise
 alienate those outside of domain
 perception of proficiency and professionalism

Question 17

euphemism ( quick eg.)

Answer 17

“creative with the truth”
“personell surplus reduction”

Question 18

Sentinel Events

Answer 18

Aug 2023- Rachel Eddie
Vic parents advocate for sick children in hospital b/c report= increase death b/c doctors ignored potential concerns
Marry-Anne Thomas labelled these occurences as “sentinel events”
As a means to mitigate heavily loaded topic+ social sensitivity + prevent potential social division that may arise by presenting herself as indifferent to the topic(children deaths)d
Navigate social taboos
h/w=doublespeak b/c remove responsibility  in article amrita chest pain ignored and in weeks= death  parents “We are traumatized”
 can be linked to quick eg.= “injuries incompatible with life”

Question 19

double speak quick eg.

Answer 19

“area denial munitions”-landmine
“ vertically deployed anti personnel device”- bomb

Question 20

Cheng Lei (doublespeak)

Answer 20

Aus. journalist CGTN held on vague “national security”charges in china
Aug 13 2020
“residential surveillance”- anodyne
Dishonest
Discourage questioning+ promote blind acceptance of injustice
 social harmony in China
by preventing social division from the controversial imprisonement of journalist practicing a basic constitutional right of free speech( unstated in 1982 China)

Question 21

Perth Children’s Hospital

Answer 21

Oct 2023 The Western Australian Health minister Ms Sanderson
“So it was an extremely serious event and there were a number of failings”
-13 year old girl raped by patient
-nurse negligence to do routinely checks for 2-3 hours
-“serious” reflects gravity of situation therefore prevents her from positioning herself as indifferent to the devastating occassion
- “number of failings”= allows her to mitigate the sensitive topic by acknowledging the presenc
-h/w purposefully ambiguous and vague about failings of health care system= avoid direct accountability.
-preserves the prestige of WA health care system at the cost of the truth.

Question 22

Abe

Answer 22

In her 2022 article “Aboriginal Englishes 101” Sharon Davis provided the example of an Aboriginal man asking his children whether they want to eat , saying “you mob wanna hab a feed now, owot?”
The non-st ft = sub of voiced labiodental fricative /v/ phoneme for
/b/ in “hab” and the altered semantics of noun “mob”=small group
unique dialect lives symbiotically with the culture of ppl
discourse tag “owot” which reflects aversion to directness in many ab cultures
–> unite+ empower

Question 23

dysphemism
lidia thorpe

Answer 23

June 2023
lidia thorpe claims Parliament is “not safe place for women”
-Pauline Hansen tells her to “fuck off”
–> vent strong negative emotions re. Lidia and continued clash and hatred b/w them
lidia thorpe describes terrfying moment where she is cornered in a stairwell with no security cameras
“what I experienced was being aggressivey propositioned and inappropriately touched”(Lidia thorpe)
- Paulines comment= insensitive + presents herself as indifferent + inconsiderate
-expression of her pure distaste for Lidia

Question 24

Ab and Torres Strait Islander people

Answer 24

“Aboriginies Islanders ATSI”- discrimination/offensive
-terms imposed on First Nations without consultation
-“indigenous”- homogenises a wide array of peoples and cultures

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Style Manual(Australian Government)

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders”
-regional more specific terms is better eg. “Murris” and “Kooris”
“Palawa” “Nonngar”
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Question 25

Trends in Neuroscience PWDA

Answer 25

person first= “ person with autism”
-neurodivergence sits within PP as an indirect object
identity first= “autistic person”
-adj acts to modify subject h/w this imposes on autonomy + -ve face needs as their condition does not modify or define who they are