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Topic Language tied to identity Language tied to identity

Language tied to identity Language tied to identity

Language tied to identity

Language tied to identity

Language tied to identity Taboo Language Taboo Language/ Politeness Politeness (euphemism) Politeness (euphemism) Politeness (euphemism) Australia

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Quote “There is a natural connection between language and identity “If you lose your language, you lose your personality, your character and who you are” “To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture” “When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world” “Nothing unites a country more than its common language because from a language comes a history and a culture” “Members of a social group draw personal strength and pride from using the same language” “Language can lead to a wrong sense of national identity” “Swearing makes an excellent relief mechanism” “All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress” [in reference to euphemisms]: “a range of deodorizers, smokescreens and fig leaves” “Underhand euphemisms are used, not so much to conceal offence as to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive” “All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier” “All Australian accents have changed, but they change through the speech of young people. Once you reach your 20s, your accent doesn’t change much” “There are now negative connotations associated with the very broad, ocker accent… It’s also a manifestation of Australia’s growing self-confidence as a nation. People no longer feel they have to be defined by that kind of strong accent” “Possibly Australians have the biggest passive vocabulary” “The accent is the thing that defines the Australian language, it’s that which defines Australian identity, and it’s that which has been utterly resilient and simply refuses to

Author Clare Kramsch Hugh Lunn

Frantz Fanon George Steiner

John Howard

Clare Kramsch

Emily Trekell David Crystal Kate Burridge

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Kate Burridge Felicity Cox

Felicity Cox

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Australia

Australia and Multiculturalism Multiculturalism

Language Change

Language Change

Language Change

Language Change Language Change

Language Change Language Change and Technologies impact Technologies impact

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change” “Swearing together can be a way of asserting a cultural cohesion; and Australians are famous for this” “Entirely new forms of Australian Language are emerging as our accent adapts to the growing babble of multiculturalism” “Pluricentric language are both unifiers and dividers of people” *Pluricentric refers to languages that have more than one codified standard forms “In short, words are slippery, unpredictable, changing their meaning without any pattern” “Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law” “In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun” “Language is a living thing” “Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development” “New occupations and modes of living need new words” “Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the roves of those changes, so you notice them more quickly” “Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood” “Technology is driving and perpetuating new slang terms” “In Textspeak, we are seeing language in evolution” “Language is butchered by the media” “There is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather, research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the more literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language” “Jargon is making it increasingly hard to understand what a public figure is actually

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Ferdinand de Saussure David Crystal

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Don Watson

trying to say” Public Language “The managerial class has forced on us a public language that makes no sense” Political Correctness “Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way” Prestige (overt) “Standard English carries the most prestige and is the most widely understood” Prestige (overt) “Standard English has an enormous legacy of overt prestige. It has been regarded as a symbol of British Nationhood” Prestige (covert) “Members of a social group draw personal strength and pride from using the same language” Prestige (covert) “Swearing together can be a way of asserting a cultural cohesion; and Australians are famous for this” Standard vs Non-standard “A non-standard dialect is as valid communication system as the standard” Standard vs Non-standard “Standard English has an enormous legacy of overt prestige. It has been regarded as a symbol of British Nationhood” Standard vs Non-standard “There is no such thing as a standard English” Standard vs Non-standard “Standard language carries the most prestige and is the most widely understood” Standard vs Non standard “Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries (Codification) eventually reflect popular choices.”

Don Watson Julia Gillard David Crystal Janet Holmes

Clare Kramsch

Kate Holden

Kate Burridge Janet Holmes

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