Australian Englishes
Functions of Language
Extension: Examples
Language and Power
Language and Identity
100

The three different Australian English Accent types.

What are broad, general and cultivated.

100

Language that displays emotions.

What is emotive?

100

"Mate, I've got a beauty of a ute just chugging along out front if you wanna have a gander?

What is slang?

100
Technical language that is used by members of a profession.

What is jargon?

100

Informal language that is typically restricted to one group (friends, age group, nationality etc) such as "no worries" and "servo".,

What is slang?

200

A vowel sound that changes in the middle of the sound, such as "price" - "Prioce"

What are diphthongs? 

200

Language that informs.

What is referential? 

200
"We need to circle back to the data tomorrow to determine its statistical significance"

What is Jargon?

200

Language that is straightforward and used by powerful people to maintain control.

What is directness?

200

Factors that influence language such as age, nationality, social status, gender, sexuality, and education.

What are demographics?

300
Shortened words and add "-o", "-a", "-ie". Often also nicknames.

What are diminutives? 

300

Language that instructs or commands.

What is conative? 

300

"It is regrettable that the train doors were locked when the fire started" 

What is a passive sentence? 

300

A sentence where the object and action come before the subject.

What is passive voice?

300
Style of language that is used most often when communicating with friends and family, such as when texting, or chatting.

What is informal language?

400

When an /r/ sound does not appear a the end of a syllable or before a consonant. 

What is non-rhotic?

400

Language that is expressing the aesthetic.

What is poetic?

400

"Exam: paper, pencil, questions, marking, grade"

What is semantic domain?

400

An meaning that is not stated directly by the writer or speaker.

What is implied purpose?

400

Style of language used when you want to seem professional, knowledgeable and educated? 

What is formal language?

500

Varieties of English spoken by some First Nations Australians. 

What are Aboriginal Australian Englishes?

500

Language that is designed for social interaction.

What is phatic? 

500

"The Right Honourable Minister for Tourism will now take the floor" 

What is an honourific?

500

The level of closeness between people, often influenced by age, nationality, culture, gender, sexuality, social class etc.

What is social distance?

500
Language that comes from one field, theme, area of interest, or knowledge.

What is semantic domain?