English Language Expert Quotes by Enje Herbert

Dr Kate Burridge

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:27:18 UTC

"an important indicator of Australianness [links to] cultural values such as friendliness, informality, laid-backness, mateship"

#culturalvalues #laid-backness #mateship

Richard D. Lewis

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:28:32 UTC

"The Aussies want their boss to join them in a healthy disrespect for rules and formalism, to lapse into broad speech and cuss a bit"

#anti-intellectualism #australianidentity #profanity

Megan Kinder

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:29:11 UTC

Standard English "evokes a sense of hostility and detachment from the Australian identity."

#australianidentity #sae #nse

Chi Luu

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:29:57 UTC

"What unites ... Australian English, perhaps a rabid obsession with nicknames"

#diminutives #australianidentity

Professor Felicity Cox

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:30:39 UTC

"Australian English functions as a significant and extremely powerful symbol of national identity."

#sae #identity #australianidentity

Dr Kate Burridge

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:33:25 UTC

"All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress."

#taboo

Michael Stuchbery

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:34:20 UTC

"Swearing is a social adhesive that unites and binds us more than any other"

#profanity #australianidentity #ingroup

Richard Castles

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:35:46 UTC

"Through its culturally ingrained connotations of egalitarianism and mutual respect, even with complete strangers, the word 'mate' suggests an openness, at least, to a relationship of equals."

#mate #australianslang #nationalvalues #culturalvalues #values #egalitarianism #mutualrespect

Olliver Kamm

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:37:40 UTC

"There is no such thing as 'proper English'. Nor is there 'correct grammar'."

#descriptivism #nse #sae

Steve Pinker

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:39:49 UTC

"Unless you are a member of the clique, [slang] is gibberish."

#slang #ingroup

Marina Ryabova

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:40:32 UTC

"Speech etiquette is an essential part of culture, behaviour and human communication."

#politeness #face

Timothy Jay & Kristen Janschewitz

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:41:28 UTC

"Assessing whether swearing in discourse is rude involves the difficult task of determining participants' identity, relationship, social norms, intentions and motivations."

William Lutz

enjeherb — 2022-05-24 23:42:27 UTC

"While it is true that politicians can use any word they want, we reply that language works only when those using it agree on what the words mean"

#politicaldomain #doublespeak #prescriptivism

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-24 23:56:04 UTC

"the internet [is] a particularly fertile breeding ground for slang."

#slang #languageshift

J. M. Wattie

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 00:04:16 UTC

"Slang terms are the mayflies of language; by the time they get themselves recorded in a dictionary, they are already museum specimens."

#slang #nse

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 00:05:00 UTC

"Time drains them of their vibrancy and energy"

"Time drains [slang neologisms] of their vibrancy and energy"

Charlotte Willis

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:45:42 UTC

"I soon realised that [Australians'] impressive ability to shorten pretty much anything ... doesn't necessarily translate overseas."

#australianidentity #diminutives

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:47:45 UTC

"slang works much like Masonic mortar to stick members of a group together, and, of course, at the same time, to erect barriers between them and the outside."

#slang #ingroup

T. S. Eliot

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:48:33 UTC

"last year's words belong to last year's language, and next year's words await another voice"

#languageshift

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:51:35 UTC

"A non-Standard dialect is as valid a communication system as the standard."

#nse #descriptivism

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:52:27 UTC

"Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood."

#textspeak #slang #nse

Janet Holmes (Journalist)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:53:25 UTC

"Standard English has an enormous legacy of overt prestige. It has been regarded as a symbol of British nationhood"

#sae #overtprestige

Melina Marchetta

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:56:01 UTC

"Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?"

#identity #idiolect

David Thorpe (AFL player)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:57:19 UTC

"The gay voice is a symbol of homosexuality, of femininity, and symbols are very powerful."

#sociolect #sexuality

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 04:57:51 UTC

"At any one time, language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres, and dialects."

#varieties

John McWhorter

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:00:06 UTC

"we've fallen behind in savouring the formal layer of our language"

#formal #prescriptivism

Lauren McLeod

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:07:55 UTC

"The continual use of 'f*ck' and 'c*nt' in conversations [amongst tradesmen] works as a marker of in-group membership"

#profanity #ingroup #profession

Dr Don Watson (Political Speech Writer)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:08:56 UTC

"The language of management ... is language that cannot describe or convey any human emotion."

#sae #formal #objective

Thomas Paul Bonfiglio

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:14:38 UTC

"There is nothing in the particular language itself that determines its worth: it is the connection of the language in question to the phenomena of power that determines the values of that language and that contributes to the standardisation process."

#prestige #sae

Kate Holden

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:19:36 UTC

"swearing together [is] a way of asserting a cultural cohesion"

#profanity #australianidentity

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:20:11 UTC

"The obscenity is in the actual words themselves, and not what they refer to."

Peter Goldsworthy

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:21:06 UTC

"the only qualities we could truly regard as un-Australian might be those regarded as inhumane"

#australianidentity

Howard Manns

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:23:03 UTC

"Address terms are not used randomly. They are a strategic tool for accomplishing goals and valuing and positioning ourselves and others within the 'tribe'."

#politeness #face

Chi Luu

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:24:32 UTC

"Nicknames carry a rejection of formality, and breeding familiarity."

#informal #nicknames #diminutives

Marina Lambrou

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:25:09 UTC

"Euphemisms are political weapons of mass destruction."

#euphemism #obfuscate #politicaldomain

Marina Lambrou

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:26:17 UTC

"That's the trouble with euphemisms – they can enrich language, but they can also be strategically used to mislead and disguise brutal practices, concepts and ideas."

#euphemism #manipulate #obfuscate #negotiatetaboo

Bruce Moore (Lexicographer)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:27:41 UTC

"Of all the markers of identity, language is by far the most significant."

#identity

Frantz Fanon

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:28:26 UTC

"To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture."

#culture

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:28:50 UTC

"As some taboo topics relax, others come to replace them."

#taboo #languageshift

Sidney Baker (Philologist)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:30:59 UTC

"An Australian's greatest talent is for idiomatic invention."

#australianidentity #linguisticinnovation

Hugh Lunn (Author)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:31:31 UTC

"Language tells us who we are: because we are the words we use."

#identity #idiolect

Dean Frenkel (Speech Analyst)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:32:07 UTC

"It is typically Australian to be suspicious of people who speak too well."

#australianidentity #culturalvalues #values #anti-intellectualism

John Howard

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:32:39 UTC

"Nothing unites a country more than its common language"

#australianidentity

Quentin Crisp

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:33:12 UTC

"Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne."

#euphemism #obfuscate

Jyothi

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:34:29 UTC

"[Standard] English is considered very important by recruiters"

#sae #profession

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:35:29 UTC

"Every social group has its own linguistic bonding mechanism."

#covertnorms #ingroup #sociolect

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:35:51 UTC

"Jargon shows social togetherness."

#jargon #covertnorm #ingroup

Robert A. Heinlein

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:39:19 UTC

"In short, words are slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern."

#languageshift

Ferdinand de Saussure

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:41:04 UTC

"Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law."

#languageshift

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:42:15 UTC

"In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun"

Hugh Lunn (Author)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:44:08 UTC

"If you lose your language, you lose your personality, your character and who you are."

#identity

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:45:42 UTC

"language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the roves of those changes"

#languageshift #internet

Zoe Kleinman

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:46:09 UTC

"Technology is driving and perpetuating new slang terms."

#slang #languageshift

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:46:31 UTC

"In textspeak, we are seeing language in evolution."

#textspeak #languageshift

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:47:57 UTC

"There is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather ... you have to know how to manipulate language."

#textspeak #prescriptivism

Clare Kramsch

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:48:34 UTC

"Members of a social group draw personal strength and pride from using the same language."

#ingroup

Dr Don Watson (Political Speech Writer)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:49:18 UTC

"Jargon is making it increasingly hard to understand what a public figure is actually trying to say."

#jargon #obfuscate

Professor Felicity Cox

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:50:58 UTC

"People no longer feel they have to be defined by that kind of ... very broad, ocker accent."

#broadaccent #australianidentity

Professor Felicity Cox

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:52:21 UTC

"Entirely new forms of Australian Language are emerging as our accent adapts to the growing babble of multiculturalism."

#multiculturalism #diversity #australianvarieties

Professor Felicity Cox

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:52:33 UTC

"Entirely new forms of Australian Language are emerging as our accent adapts to the growing babble of multiculturalism."

#multiculturalism #languageshift

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:53:30 UTC

"Underhand euphemisms are used, not so much to conceal offence as to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive."

#euphemism #obfuscate

Dr Don Watson (Political Speech Writer)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:54:04 UTC

"the managerial class has forced on us a public language that makes no sense."

#publicdomain #obfuscate

Emily Trekell

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 05:55:56 UTC

"Language can exacerbate unwanted stereotypes."

#stereotypes #languageshift

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:10:32 UTC

"Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries eventually reflect popular choices."

#descriptivism #codes

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:12:33 UTC

"Jargon enables successful communication on one hand, but erects quite successful communication barriers on the other."

#jargon #formal

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:16:37 UTC

"Taboo and euphemism are closely entwined with the concepts of politeness and face."

#taboo #euphemism #face

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:19:33 UTC

"Discriminatory language expresses cultural norms and belief systems which are often so entrenched in language as to appear normal."

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:19:40 UTC

"Discriminatory language expresses cultural norms and belief systems which are often so entrenched in language as to appear normal."

#discrimination #covertnorms

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:22:13 UTC

"All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier."

#euphemism #obfuscate #taboo

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:24:10 UTC

"Standard languages represent a kind of linguistic 'best practice'– a set of behaviours that claims to excel all others."

#prescriptivism #descriptivism #sae

Ruby Hamond (Journalist)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:25:39 UTC

"when we use language that transforms people into objects, we begin to believe that they are object, and rationalise the cruelties we inflict."

#languageshift #objectification #discrimination

Janet Holmes (Journalist)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:28:10 UTC

"Any particular example of linguistic behaviour might be perceived quite differently by different cultural groups"

#culturalinference #identity

Lauren McLeod

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:29:26 UTC

profanity has a "role of positive politeness strategy in the Australian context."

#profanity #face #austalianidentity

Janet Holmes (Journalist)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:31:06 UTC

"Men's talk tends to be more referential or informative, while women's talk is more supportive and facilitative."

#gender

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:35:46 UTC

"words become shibboleths, or social passwords— the more impractical, the more difficult, the better"

#outgroup #ingroup

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 08:36:26 UTC

"It is risky for speakers to alter aspects of their linguistic behaviour ... it means giving up their allegiances to their social group"

#covertnorms

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 09:49:45 UTC

"Ever since the arrival of printing ... people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language."

#languageshift #shift #descriptivism

John McWhorter

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 10:02:38 UTC

"Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk?"

#descriptivism #textspeak #languageshift

John McWhorter

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 10:03:20 UTC

"Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard speech, and distracts us from attending to genuine issues of linguistic style in writing."

#prescriptivism #descriptivism #nse

Arika Okrent

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 10:46:58 UTC

"The job of the linguist ... is not to tell us how nature should behave ... but to describe those creations in all their messy glory and try to figure out what they can teach us about ... the workings of the human mind."

#descriptivism

Arika Okrent

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 10:47:33 UTC

"I'm not against usage standards ... But logic ain't got nothin' to do with it."

#descriptivism

Rosalie Maggio

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 10:50:24 UTC

"Language doesn't belong to grammarians, linguists, wordsmiths, writers, or editors. It belongs to the people who use it."

#descriptivism

Rita Mae Brown

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 10:55:54 UTC

"Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going."

#identity #culture #varieties

Lawren Harris

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 11:02:40 UTC

"The thought of today cannot be expressed in the language of yesterday."

#languageshift

Benjamin Lee Whorf

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 11:03:23 UTC

"Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about."

#perception

Federico Fellini

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 11:03:39 UTC

"A different language is a different vision of life."

#perception #stereotypes #varieties

Dale Spender

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 11:04:34 UTC

"Language is not neutral. It is not merely a vehicle which carries ideas. It is itself a shaper of ideas."

#perception

George Orwell

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 11:08:17 UTC

"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

#politicaldomain #jargon #doublespeak #euphemism

George Orwell

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-25 11:09:02 UTC

"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."

#perception

Anna Wierzbicka

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-27 10:36:30 UTC

"The high frequency of [profanity] in Australian speech does not mean that [it] is perceived as acceptable to everyone"

#profanity #australianidentity

Professor Pam Peters

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:05:55 UTC

"teenagers use language ... that has the effect of excluding adults."

#ingroup #outgroup #teenspeak

Keith Allan & Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:06:49 UTC

"Out-groupers [are] met with severe problems when trying to learn and use the slang of a particular group."

#outgroup #ingroup #covertprestige #slang

Keith Allan & Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:07:38 UTC

"Parents and teachers who try using [teanspeak] to show empathy with the youngsters usually sound phoney."

#ingroup #outgroup #covertnorms #teenspeak

Joshua Clothier

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:08:11 UTC

"Young people are innovators of language."

#linguisticinnovation #teenspeak #languageshift

Sarah Kimmorley (Editor for Business Insider)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:10:14 UTC

"Profanity has a natural place in the Australian vocabulary."

#australianidentity #profanity

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:11:48 UTC

"Standard language does not necessarily have prestige in all contexts."

#prestige #covertprestige #context #sae

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:12:28 UTC

"Language is the most universal indicator of regional identity."

#regionalvariation #identity

Dr Cara Williams

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:14:13 UTC

"Often people think non-standard indicates non-intelligence and uneducated"

#stereotypes #nse

Joshua Clothier

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:15:59 UTC

"Our identities are not stable, and we may take advantage of different accent features at different times, in interaction with different people, and in different contexts to emphasise different identities."

#codeswitching #identity

James Sledd

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:19:40 UTC

Standard English is "the English used by the powerful."

#prestige #sae

Janet Holmes (Journalist)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:21:13 UTC

"Women are regarded as a subordinate or less powerful group than men in many communities and this is not surprisingly often reflected in the different politeness devices used by and addressed to women."

#gender #face

Thomas Batchelor

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:22:07 UTC

"Language is an ever-changing thing, both incredibly influential on and influenced by society and its attitudes."

#society #languageshift

Dean Frenkel

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:22:40 UTC

"Australian English was born out of alcoholism and laziness."

#australianidentity #larrikinism

Bruce Moore (Lexicographer)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 01:23:03 UTC

"We are what we speak"

#identity

Gretchen McCulloch

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-05-28 03:37:34 UTC

"As with any period of tremendous disruption, the explosion of informal writing is changing the way we communicate."

#informal #languageshift

Harshdeep Kaur

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-07-27 03:42:56 UTC

"Australians ... develop values by which they hold themselves, including egalitarianism, mateship, anti-authoritarianism and larrikinism."

#values #nationalvalues

John Hirst

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-07-27 03:44:38 UTC

"Our belief in the 'fair go' has evolved to become part of our national culture"

#fairgo #values #nationalvalues

Roland Sussex

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-07-27 03:48:00 UTC

"Australian English is ... well known for its quirky, larrikin, idiosyncratic creativeness."

#sae #values #culturalvalues

Anna Wierzbicka

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:01:52 UTC

"abbreviated words [are] the linguistic enactment of Anglo-Australian values such as informality, mateship, good humour, egalitarianism and anti-intellectualism"

#diminutives #australianvalues #australianidentity

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:03:25 UTC

"slang language has always played a pivotal role in the Australian sense of self"

#slang #australianidentity

Muhammad Shuaibu

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:04:14 UTC

"slang is a perpetual whirlwind of creativity among the young and avant garde"

#slang #languageshift #teenspeak

Janet Holmes (Journalist)

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:05:00 UTC

"One person’s enthusiastic supportive feedback may be perceived by another as a confrontational disruption."

#miscommunication #culturalinference #nse

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:07:49 UTC

"it is the nature of [gender] stereotypes that they are self-fulfilling prophecies"

#gender

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:08:16 UTC

"teenagers use language as a kind of identity badge"

#teenspeak #identity

Carmen Fought

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:09:19 UTC

"young women take linguistic features and use them as power tools for building relationships"

#gender #socialdistance

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:11:06 UTC

"slang is a marker of in-group solidarity" and "correlate[s] with shared experiences"

#slang #ingroup

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:11:40 UTC

"language has no existence apart from the people who use it"

#identity

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:12:46 UTC

"even well-intentioned euphemisms involve a kind of double-think"

#euphemisms

Polly Sussex

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:13:29 UTC

"no other language abbreviates as much"

#sae #diminutives

Prof. Felicity Cox

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:15:20 UTC

"language change runs parallel to social change"

#languageshift #socialchange

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:15:59 UTC

"young people's language is a way of expressing a special in-group identity and excluding the out-group"

#teenspeak #ingroup

Evan Kidd

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:21:17 UTC

"using hypocristic diminutives allows interlocutors to break down social barriers between them"

#diminutives #australianslang #socialdistance

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:22:48 UTC

"no discussion of Australian English can avoid mention of the striking use of diminutives"

#diminutives #australianslang

Lesley Stirling

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:23:19 UTC

"linguistic variation is a tool for us to ... signal who we are and who we are not"

#identity #languagevariation

Michael Pearce

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:27:38 UTC

"social and linguistic prestige are interrelated; the language of powerful social groups usually carries linguistic prestige; and social prestige is often granted to speakers of prestige languages and varieties"

#prestige

Andrew Herrick

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:28:15 UTC

"with American lingo, we've imported toxic US culture"

#languageshift

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:28:52 UTC

"writing ... has permanence and authority"

#mode #written

Sarah J Shin

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:30:14 UTC

"linguistic prestige is not an indication of intrinsic beauty in languages, but rather of the perceived status of those who speak them"

#prestige #descriptivism

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:33:31 UTC

"texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It's not a disaster"

#descriptivism #languageshift #textspeak

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:40:45 UTC

"we select the appropriate language to suit the purpose and the context we find ourselves in"

#context

Michael Coyne

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:41:57 UTC

"pluricentric languages are both unifiers and dividers of people"

#english

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:43:17 UTC

"linguistic melting pot"

#australianenglish #sae #multiculturalism

David Crystal

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:44:04 UTC

"multimodal generation"

#teenspeak #agevariation

Kingman Brewster

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:57:01 UTC

"incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession"

#profession #jargon #formal #obfuscate

David Blair & Peter Collins

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:57:51 UTC

"an ethnolect ... offers a means of ... demonstrating solidarity with one's ethnic group"

#ethnolect #ingroup #identity

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:58:43 UTC

the use of diminutives "creates a warm friendly feeling; it indicates that something or someone is endearing to us"

#informal #diminutive #australianidentity

Professor Felicity Cox

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:59:14 UTC

"language is a marker of social identity"

#identity

Gerard van Kerk

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 05:59:54 UTC

"linguistic prestige is directly associated with power"

#prestige #socialhierarchy #formal #sae

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:00:37 UTC

"language is notorious for short cuts and spectacular sound shifts, but nowhere is this more obvious than in names"

#names #diminutives

Professor Deborah Tannen

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:01:36 UTC

"in public forums, women tend to talk less"

#gender

Amanda Young

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:03:02 UTC

"the shield of anonymity that being online offers people is a way of bringing to the surface all those gritty things that polite society would prefer to stay hidden"

#online #languageshift

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:07:32 UTC

"using Australian slang increases your likability among other Australians"

#australianidentity #identity

M. Wililams

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:08:35 UTC

AAbE "reflects [First Nations] language and culture ... and has evolved to meet the particular needs and circumstances of its speakers"

#aabe #culture

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:09:25 UTC

"when we speak, we can manipulate word order to a greater extent than writers"

#informal #mode #spoken

W. Hansen

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:10:29 UTC

AAbE "is as rule-governed and linguistically complex as any other non-standard form"

#aabe #nse

Kerry Taylor-Leech

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:11:25 UTC

"regular, close and intense contact between school students provides fertile ground for nickname formation"

#diminutives #informal #nicknames

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:11:57 UTC

"most of us suffer from incurable leximania"

#linguisticinnovation

Jen Coates

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:12:50 UTC

"men have been shown to talk more than women in settings as diverse as staff meetings ... and husband-and-wife pairs in spontaneous conversation"

#gender #identity #stereotypes

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:14:04 UTC

"prestige is a slippery notion"

#prestige #shift

Professor Felicity Cox

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:19:45 UTC

"the Australian accent's shift to the middle ground is associated with ... a maturing identity, driven by the young"

#teenspeak #accent #shift

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:20:29 UTC

"the more affectionate the feeling, the more abusive the language"

#profanity #taboo #intimacy

Dr John Sternberg

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:21:19 UTC

"language is about giving people the opportunity to express themselves"

#expression #identity

Clare Kramsch

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 06:22:22 UTC

"members of a social group draw personal strength and pride from using the same language"

#ingroup

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 07:02:21 UTC

"promoting someone else's face can lead to loss of one's own"

#face #politeness

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 07:07:09 UTC

"shared swearing patterns indicate membership of the group"

#profanity #ingroup

Gregory Bateson

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 07:33:25 UTC

"without context, words have no meaning at all"

#context

Dr Kate Burridge

quackkkkkkkk — 2022-08-30 07:39:13 UTC

"there's always fierce resistance when these words [jargon] first enter the language because it smacks of pretentious language"

#jargon #anti-intellectualism

Yiran, Liu,Singapore

2026-04-12 14:14:42 UTC

The most important thing is to be kind and be kind and be kind :)