Semantics
Figurative Language, Irony, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Simile, Hyperbole, Personification, Animation, Puns, Lexical Ambiguity
What is Semantic Patterning
The use of language that includes informal words, phrases or ‘sayings’ and which is often specific to geographical areas.
What is Colloquial Language
The study of persuasive speech and writing.
This refers to the relationships between participants in a language activity and relates especially to social distance.
What is Tenor
The unique language or speech pattern of an individual at a specific period of their life.
What is Idiolect
Hot > Cold, Up > Down, Young > Old
What are Antonyms
A harsh, negative, or insulting word or phrase used instead of a neutral or polite term
What is Dysphemism
For 'death': 'passed away', 'gone to a better place'
What are Euphemisms
A continuum ranging from language use very close to Standard Australian English to something closer to a creole. Features of ___ can include elements of non-standard Englishes, features from first contact and colonial language, and features of any of the First Nations languages in Australia.
What is Aboriginal Australian English (AAE)
A language variety used by a particular social group.
What is Sociolect
Fast + Quick + Rapid, Angry + Furious + Mad
What are Synonyms
:) ;) :(
What are emoticons
The specialised language of a trade, profession or group, which is often difficult for individuals outside the group to understand.
What is Jargon
Broad, General, Cultivated
What are the Australian Accents
The practice of moving back and forth between languages in a single interaction is a normal and natural feature of the conversations between speakers who know the same two (or more) languages.
What is Code-Switching
Fruit for: banana, apple, strawberry and Sport for netball, football, tennis
What is a hypernym
encouraging intimacy, solidarity and equality; politeness strategies; promoting linguistic innovation; promoting social harmony, negotiating social taboos and building rapport; supporting in-group membership
What are purposes of Informal Language
Politeness strategies, reinforcing social distance and authority, establishing expertise, promoting social harmony, negotiating social taboos and building rapport, clarifying, manipulating or obfuscating
What are Purposes of Formal Language
The status and respect given to language features that are widely accepted and considered "correct" by the dominant society
What is Overt Prestige
The hidden or local social value given to a non-standard dialect or language variety within a specific group, even if mainstream society stigmatizes it
What is Covert Prestige
"Kill two birds with one stone"
What is an Idiom
Referential, Phatic, Metalinguistic, Emotive, Cognitive, Poetic
What are Jakobson's Functions of Language
Language that is deliberately crafted to trick, confuse, or hide the truth by making bad things sound acceptable or neutral
What is Double-Speak
The variety of spoken and written English language in Australia that represents a common language standard agreed to by the general population and codified in dictionaries, style guides and grammar manuals. _______ represents a prestige variety in the Australian context.
What is Standard Australian English (SAE)
Rizz, Suss, Mid,
What is Slang