English Language - Quotes & Examples List

English Language - Quotes & Examples List

Use this template to fill out your own quotes and examples (personal, media and linguist examples) to include in the essay section of the exam. Note that you may not be able to remember all, so don’t make your list too long! Feel free to add or remove categories as you see fit.

Introductory Quotes for Essay (Introduction Openers)
Quote/Example / Source
“nowadays, one looks at all varieties of language and asks why they are used” / David Crystal
“the manner of speaking is an expression of identity; it signals identification with one group and rejection of another” / Convict Creations

UNIT THREE - AREA OF STUDY ONE

Unit 3 - Area of Study One: Functions including encouraging intimacy, solidarity and expertise AND efficient communication
Quote/Example / Source
Slang…
Ellipsis…
Diminutives/Nicknames…
Swearing…
Unit 3 - Area of Study One: Face Needs (Positive & Negative)
Quote/Example / Source
Slang…
Discourse Particles…
Unit 3 - Area of Study One: Influence of Technology
Quote/Example / Source
“Teenagers are spending more time communicating through electronic media and text messaging, which is short and brief” / Journalist Jean Gross

UNIT THREE - AREA OF STUDY TWO

Unit 3 - Area of Study Two: Reinforcing Social Distance & Authority/Expertise
Quote/Example / Source
French/Latin Lexemes…
Jargon…
Unit 3 - Area of Study Two: Social Harmony & Negotiating Social Taboos
Quote/Example / Source
Euphemism…
Political Correctness…
Unit 3 - Area of Study Two: Social Disharmony & Obfuscation
Quote/Example / Source
Euphemism…
Nominalisation…
Agentless Passives…
Political Correctness…
Unit 3 - Area of Study Two: Racism & Sexism
Quote/Example / Source
Covert Racism…
Overt Racism…
Covert Sexism…
Overt Sexism…

UNIT FOUR - AREA OF STUDY ONE

Unit 4 - Area of Study One: Features of Australian English / Cultural Values
Quote/Example / Source
Egalitarianism…
Mateship…
Unit 4 - Area of Study One: Attitudes to Australian English
Quote/Example / Source
“I think the Australian accent is ugly and grating on the ear” / Gilbert Mant, ABC, 1958
Unit 4 - Area of Study One: Regional Variation
Quote/Example / Source
Unit 4 - Area of Study One: Ethnic Variation (Ethnolects)
Quote/Example / Source
Unit 4 - Area of Study One: Americanisation & Americanisms
Quote/Example / Source
Attitudes…

UNIT FOUR - AREA OF STUDY TWO

Unit 4 - Area of Study Two: Generational Identity
Quote/Example / Source
“Youth slang is in constant flux. What may be all the go today, may disappear tomorrow” / Mark McCrindle
Slang…
Discourse Particles…
Unit 4 - Area of Study Two: Gender Identity & Social Expectations
Quote/Example / Source
gender is for all the bottom line of our sense of identity: from a very early age, the question of who we are and what we can and should do depends on whether we have learned in early childhood that we are a girl or a boy.’ / Linguist Robin Lakoff
Unit 4 - Area of Study Two: Occupational Identity
Quote/Example / Source
Jargon…