English Language 2017+: a collation of quotes and language examples

[Joseph41]

Post something helpful in this thread and I will 100% +1 it.

A big thank you to the following users for contributing:
literally lauren, minajneb, strawberry7898

A considerable part of doing well in English Language is having at your disposal a wide range of quotes and language examples to use in your SACs and the exam.

THIS THREAD HERE IS A GREAT PLACE TO START, and was previously stickied on this board. I have brought across all of the links from that thread in the spoiler below (in the same thread, stonecold has linked to a newspaper clippings journal, which may be of great benefit):

The previous quotes and language examples thread, started by stonecold

POST ALL LANGUAGE RELATED ARTICLES & EXAMPLES IN HERE!

Try to build a big vault of examples which you can all use in you EngLang essays.

I wanted to make this contribution for all of you people doing EngLang in 2011 and beyond.

It seems most schools force students to keep a journal full of language related articles and examples.

I am uploading all of the articles + summaries for the articles I collected throughout 2010.  I think there are over 50 here at least.

Many of you will unfortunately be required to keep a journal such as this, which is a very laborious process.  Whilst it is certainly not a bad idea to collect and summarize articles, a far more effective and less time intensive approach would be to have a LogBook of the EXAMPLES/QUOTES ONLY, ready to be used in essay writing, rather than having to go through the articles.

So feel free to use these articles as a contribution to your cuttings journal.  I don't mind if you use the summaries too.  Just be careful that someone from your school doesn't use them too, because then you will get done for plagiarism.

I honestly don't want everyone wasting a day before every SAC like I did finding and summarizing articles to hand in when you could actually be studying.

Hopefully you will find these articles useful, and they will give you an indication about the sort of topics which are up for discussion in your EngLang essays. 

NOTE:  If you do not have WinRar or some other Decompression Software installed, then you will need to install it first.  Click here to download WinRar for Windows.

Download Cuttings Journal here

The initial folder has left over articles which I thought were average and didn't summarize/submit.  Each of the Term 1-4 folders has the articles + summaries underneath which I submitted for grading at the end of each outcome.  They are in no particular order in relation to the Study Design.

A collation of links members have submitted in this thread

From years ago (mainly 2011) so probably not very relevant

Aussie slang
http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/yanks-stonkered-by-aussie-lingo/story-fn6ck8la-1225984126588

Political Correctness and Christmas
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/its-time-to-use-the-c-word/story-e6frg6nf-1225975634128

Political Correctness in Cricket
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/bastardry-of-political-correctness-stumped/story-e6frg7mf-1225974677813

Texting
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/management/generation-text-baffles-employers-20110104-19esv.html

Teenspeak/Neologisms
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2010/12/07/new-wave-linguistic-innovation/#more-1083

Grammar is a tool to enhance understanding
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/grammar-is-a-tool-to-enhance-understanding-20101220-192l4.html

Anderson: Time for plain English
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/anderson-time-for-plain-english/story-fn6br25t-1225979453772

LOL! Speaker proper English IRL is a CWOT
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lol-speaker-proper-english-irl-is-a-cwot/story-e6frea6u-1225972942290

What kinda of shape is Australian English in..
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/yoursay/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/what_kind_of_shape_is_australian_english_in/

http://www.theage.com.au/world/lexicon-of-war-has-a-new-buzzword-20110323-1c5sw.html

Neologism
http://www.theage.com.au/world/omg-muffin-top-make-the-cut-for-dictionary-20110326-1caq3.html

PC
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/special-reports/viewers-hit-back-at-comedian-denise-scott-over-autism-joke/story-fn856r6n-1226035189183

Tony Abbote Re: 'Shit happens' - Different opinions
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8208208/abbott-strife-over-diggers-death-comment
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8208682/public-support-abbott-over-shit-happens-comment
Take care if discussing.  It is a sensitive issue.

Sexual pun/Non-PC/Taboo
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/gale-outcry-puts-wind-up-sorry-brown/story-e6frf96x-1226029118069

Don't listen to the purism pedants, English is doing just fine
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/dont-listen-to-the-purism-pedants-english-is-doing-just-fine-20110512-1ekl9.html#ixzz1OM0RcBbo

Corporate-speak sucks the life out of our education system
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/corporatespeak-sucks-the-life-out-of-our-education-system-20110530-1fcp6.html#ixzz1OM0ig8sF

Political Correctness
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/05/20/316665_robyn-wuth-opinion.html

Euphemism
http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/05/16/231471_sue-belinda.html

English Immigration Testing
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/tougher-test-to-change-migrant-intake/story-fn6bqphm-1226072737909

Language Police (Swearing in Public)
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/swear-fines-a-nonsense-with-invective-so-ineffective-20110605-1fn7g.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/fitzgibbon-to-apologise-over-cat-meow/story-e6frf7jx-1226089985966

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv-radio/elliott-opens-can-of-worms-with-indigenous-comments/comments-e6frf9ho-1226097307091

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/akshully-the-word-from-the-halls-of-guvment-is-a-mangled-mess-20111020-1mab3.html

http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/swearing-in-advertising-concerns-a-load-of-bs-20111104-1mz72.html

Hogg tweets Australia Day slur to Muslims
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/hogg-tweets-australia-day-slur-to-muslims-20120126-1qix9.html

On the Americanisation of Australian English and attitudes towards this.
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/society-and-culture/with-american-lingo-weve-imported-toxic-us-culture-20100805-11kmn.html

2015

Courtesy aqple:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/stockbroker-sacked-for-joke-tweet-think-i-just-hit-a-cyclist-but-im-late-for-work-so-had-to-drive-off-lol-20150106-12j7ck.html
This article could be used to look at the influence of language used in social media - how offensive language on the Internet leads to consequences. Could also provide some insight into semantics/pragmatics by looking into how a 'joke' becomes offensive. Although the example is not Australian, international examples could be relevant when it comes to the Internet and social media.

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/we-all-have-our-inner-fascist-why-its-important-to-have-the-right-to-offend-20150121-12upiq.html
Could potentially be an insightful article to quote from when studying offensive language in unit 3.

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/charlie-hebdo-hypocrisy-offensive-speech-demands-scrutiny-not-censorship-20150119-12t5m4.html
Another one about offensive language and free speech.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/is-the-innanet-ruining-teh-english-language_o/
Great article about E-communication and its influence on the English language.

http://thestir.cafemom.com/tweens_teens/180523/internet_slang_acronyms_meaning
Here is a list of teenage and Internet slang and abbreviations which can be used as examples.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/the-things-aussies-apologise-for-overseas/story-fnndib5x-1227188211341
Good article to look at and quote from when looking at Australian English and culture in unit 4.

Mod edit - bangali_lok: links collated

However, language changes, and language examples become less relevant over time. So in this thread, we're going to create the gosh darn greatest English Language resource available. I'm going to split the thread into distinct sections, pertaining to various parts of the English Language course. When you find a relevant quote, news story, language example, or anything else about language that you find interesting, please, please post it here. The more contributors we have, the better this thread will be; the better this thread is, the more you can gain from it.

Unit 3 AOS 1: Informal language

Spoiler

Taboo and offensive language:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/stockbroker-sacked-for-joke-tweet-think-i-just-hit-a-cyclist-but-im-late-for-work-so-had-to-drive-off-lol-20150106-12j7ck.html

The right to offend:
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/we-all-have-our-inner-fascist-why-its-important-to-have-the-right-to-offend-20150120-12upiq

Speech censorship:
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/charlie-hebdo-hypocrisy-offensive-speech-demands-scrutiny-not-censorship-20150119-12t5m4.html

Swearing:
https://theconversation.com/the-c-word-may-be-the-last-swearing-taboo-but-doesnt-shock-like-it-used-to-54813

Swearing (again):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-22/three-bloody-good-reasons-to-embrace-swearing/8373720

Language change:
https://theconversation.com/how-the-dictionary-is-totes-taking-up-the-vernacular-66570

Word formation (Trumpit):
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/terry-mccrann/italian-referendum-end-of-theworld-version-30/news-story/0cf11912b76facee3ef8a6e1fccf8f6c

A discussion of the problem of euphemisms and loaded language when reporting international news:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/opinion/sunday/learning-to-speak-al-jazeera.html?_r=0

An analysis of the frequency of profanities in 2016:
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-election/donald-trumps-election-win-prompts-spike-in-use-of-fword-online-data-shows-20170105-gtmks1.html

Two discussions of the decision of media outlets to print profanities vs. 'sanitize' reality:
http://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/498842384/not-fit-to-print-when-politicians-talk-dirty-media-scramble-to-sanitize
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/new-york-times-cnn-report-trumps-vulgarities-in-full-229330

Linguistic innovation:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016

Blending:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/the-bromance-is-over-why-did-cory-bernardi-turn-on-tony-abbott-20170207-gu7abk.html

Unit 3 AOS 2: Formal language

Spoiler

Language in politics:
https://theconversation.com/a-new-approach-to-communicating-oh-and-jobs-and-growth-to-be-found-in-budget-2016-58056

Election language:
https://theconversation.com/from-donkey-votes-to-dog-whistles-our-election-language-has-a-long-and-political-history-58054

More on language and politics:
https://theconversation.com/the-linguistic-dirt-on-that-dirty-little-word-tax-59396

Campaign language:
https://theconversation.com/hustings-and-human-speech-failings-in-a-24-7-campaign-61088

Political expressions:
https://theconversation.com/boondoggles-bellwethers-and-poli-tic-al-parasites-revisiting-political-expressions-61528

An analysis of Trump's inaugural address - its 'lexical richness' and comparison of lexeme use in presidential addresses over time:
http://www.litcharts.com/analitics/inaugural

A video explaining the persuasion evident in Trump's language:
http://digg.com/video/donald-trump-linguistics-answer-question

An analysis of lexical choice in the presidential debate:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jean-k-gordon/words-matter-a-linguistic_b_12523800.html

A metrical analysis of the cadence of Trump's 'insult haikus':
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/metrical-analysis-of-trump-insult-haiku

(Very long and academic) piece about the language and speeches of Pauline Hanson and One Nation:
http://eprints.utas.edu.au/19201/1/whole_BobrowskiChristinaLaura2005_thesis.pdf

Unit 4 AOS 1: Language variation in Australian society

Spoiler

The Australian accent:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-15/the-evolution-of-australias-use-of-the-english-language/7512170

Lexical variation throughout Australia:
https://theconversation.com/togs-or-swimmers-why-australians-use-different-words-to-describe-the-same-things-52007

Words that divide the nation:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-linguistics-roadshow-words-that-divide-the-nation-20151119-gl31n2.html

A discussion of the word 'like' and its diachronic variation:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-evolution-of-like/507614/

Discussion of the phrases 'fake news' and 'alternative facts':
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/22/kellyanne-conway-says-donald-trumps-team-has-alternate-facts-which-pretty-much-says-it-all/?utm_term=.dd1432bf4bb2
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-small-point-of-usage-concerning-those-alternative-facts

Unit 4 AOS 2: Individual and group identities

Spoiler

Gender, identity and swearing:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/when-it-comes-to-swearing-women-set-tongues-wagging-20161122-gsutpw.html

The Internet:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/is-the-innanet-ruining-teh-english-language_o/

Internet slang:
http://thestir.cafemom.com/tweens_teens/180523/internet_slang_acronyms_meaning

Australian culture:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/travellers-stories/the-things-aussies-apologise-for-overseas/news-story/1104cb6e96c690a7643d0bf93ca3010c

Euphemism:
https://theconversation.com/grey-dawn-or-the-twilight-years-lets-talk-about-growing-old-62488

Language in Northern Australia:
https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/06/northern-australia%E2%80%99s-new-languages-spotlight

Emoji translation:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38287908

Australian slang:
https://theconversation.com/the-shelf-life-of-slang-what-will-happen-to-those-democracy-sausages-69624

A tweet of an analysis of the power of political lies:
https://twitter.com/rascouet/status/823035518313267202/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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[Joseph41]

I've started us off with a whole bunch of articles, which are now in the opening post! But here's one of my favourite language examples:

We've had Brexit and a whole bunch of variations, exemplifying the word formation process of blending. But now we've progressed again, with the development of Trumpit.

Just like Brexit — and the opposite of what happened with Trumpit — the one continuing consequence of the Italian Job might be a lower euro.

More here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/terry-mccrann/italian-referendum-end-of-theworld-version-30/news-story/0cf11912b76facee3ef8a6e1fccf8f6c

[Joseph41]

A company in London has advertised for an emoji translator in what is thought to be the first such job worldwide... Last year, a UK linguist said emoji was the country's fastest-growing language.

More here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38287908

This might be helpful for topics such as social identity; do younger people use emojis in different ways to older people? How about from country-to-country? The entire concept of an emoji translator is pretty gosh darn interesting!

Added to the opening post.

[strawberry7898]

This isn't really a specific example but I would suggest that the class of 2017 spend their holidays watching Australian TV shows instead of American ones to prepare ahead for language and identity- (be open minded when writing essays, some Unit 4 examples work just as well in Unit 3 essays)
e.g.:
Upper Middle Bogan for class differences in Australian English (yes, there are actually some class differences even though we're egalitarian and stuff),
Utopia for corporate jargon, look for doublespeak and attempts to establish expertise
Black Comedy- Aboriginal English
Superwog (Youtuber)- ethnolects, generational and gender differences, take note of how he changes his accent for Australian dad vs Australian mum vs Australian kid vs "wog" kid (2nd generation migrants) vs "wog" dad (1st generation migrants), you may want to use the IPA to talk about certain sounds in your essays
Watch the ads on TV- how do certain brands use language to create their identity?

Also keep your eyes out just encountering language everyday, remember that the news isn't your only source of examples, have a look at essays in the examiner's report for ideas

Good luck for English Language 

[Joseph41]

This isn't really a specific example but I would suggest that the class of 2017 spend their holidays watching Australian TV shows instead of American ones to prepare ahead for language and identity- (be open minded when writing essays, some Unit 4 examples work just as well in Unit 3 essays)
e.g.:
Upper Middle Bogan for class differences in Australian English (yes, there are actually some class differences even though we're egalitarian and stuff),
Utopia for corporate jargon, look for doublespeak and attempts to establish expertise
Black Comedy- Aboriginal English
Superwog (Youtuber)- ethnolects, generational and gender differences, take note of how he changes his accent for Australian dad vs Australian mum vs Australian kid vs "wog" kid (2nd generation migrants) vs "wog" dad (1st generation migrants), you may want to use the IPA to talk about certain sounds in your essays
Watch the ads on TV- how do certain brands use language to create their identity?

Also keep your eyes out just encountering language everyday, remember that the news isn't your only source of examples, have a look at essays in the examiner's report for ideas

Good luck for English Language 

Great stuff, strawberry! Thank you so much for posting.

You're right; really useful examples can pop up anywhere. I mean, don't feel the need to be studying for EngLang every time you turn on the TV (because that would just be gross and tiresome haha), but it's a nifty low-intensity sort of deal.

Thanks again - stick around this year!

[Joseph41]

Kate Burridge - quite possibly the greatest person of all time - on the revolving nature of slang, considering in particular the term democracy sausage:

Since the point of slang is to mark an in-group, to amuse and perhaps even to shock outsiders with novelty, most slang expressions are short-lived. Those that survive become part of the mainstream and mundane. Quite simply, time drains them of their vibrancy and energy.

More here: https://theconversation.com/the-shelf-life-of-slang-what-will-happen-to-those-democracy-sausages-69624

Added to the opening post.

[literally lauren]

(I'll leave Joseph41 to distribute these links among the Areas of Study cause I'm lazy but here are some quotes and analyses - mostly of recent political events - that might be of interest!)

An analysis of Trump's inaugural address - its 'lexical richness' and comparison of lexeme use in presidential addresses over time:
http://www.litcharts.com/analitics/inaugural

A video explaining the persuasion evident in Trump's language:
http://digg.com/video/donald-trump-linguistics-answer-question

An analysis of lexical choice in the presidential debate:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jean-k-gordon/words-matter-a-linguistic_b_12523800.html

A metrical analysis of the cadence of Trump's 'insult haikus':
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/metrical-analysis-of-trump-insult-haiku

A discussion of the word 'like' and its diachronic variation:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/the-evolution-of-like/507614/

A discussion of the problem of euphemisms and loaded language when reporting international news:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/opinion/sunday/learning-to-speak-al-jazeera.html?_r=0

An analysis of the frequency of profanities in 2016:
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-election/donald-trumps-election-win-prompts-spike-in-use-of-fword-online-data-shows-20170105-gtmks1.html
(also worth noting that this article self-censors "the f-word" throughout)... on a related note, see the pieces below

Two discussions of the decision of media outlets to print profanities vs. 'sanitize' reality:
http://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/498842384/not-fit-to-print-when-politicians-talk-dirty-media-scramble-to-sanitize
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/new-york-times-cnn-report-trumps-vulgarities-in-full-229330

Discussion of the phrases 'fake news' and 'alternative facts':
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/22/kellyanne-conway-says-donald-trumps-team-has-alternate-facts-which-pretty-much-says-it-all/?utm_term=.dd1432bf4bb2
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-small-point-of-usage-concerning-those-alternative-facts

(Very long and academic) piece about the language and speeches of Pauline Hanson and One Nation:
http://eprints.utas.edu.au/19201/1/whole_BobrowskiChristinaLaura2005_thesis.pdf

A tweet of an analysis of the power of political lies:
https://twitter.com/rascouet/status/823035518313267202/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[strawberry7898]

Have a look at this one in relation to linguistic innovation:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016

I hadn't heard of most of these, apart from "woke"- I guess I'm not keeping up with linguistic trends too well 

I would think about the word formation processes used to make these words and what topics they tackle- a lot of them are to do with political viewpoints including an emphasis on political correctness (woke, alt-right, glass cliff) which is something that was a very prevalent part of issues in 2016 such as Brexit, Trump, One Nation, it tells you a lot about modern Western society. You could use these to discuss how language is changing to express cultural and societal changes to emphasise the connection between language and identity. You could also use these as examples of jargon for a formal language essay and how jargon is used to make talking about something easier.

WORD OF CAUTION- Don't focus on Brexit and Trump too much as these are technically not Australian issues and may become quite overused

[Joseph41]

^Some outstanding examples posted above. I've added them all to the OP. Make sure to +1 helpful posts!

[minajneb]

Here is an article related to blending:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/the-bromance-is-over-why-did-cory-bernardi-turn-on-tony-abbott-20170207-gu7abk.html

Would "bromance" still be considered a neologism?

Finally gone from long time lurker to user 

[Joseph41]

Here is an article related to blending:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/the-bromance-is-over-why-did-cory-bernardi-turn-on-tony-abbott-20170207-gu7abk.html

Would "bromance" still be considered a neologism?

Finally gone from long time lurker to user 

Hey, minajneb! Welcome to the forums! Great call on signing up - I'm looking forward to your contributions already.

Really cool article. I actually found this bit really interesting, too:

Some might judge that a lame basis for what would almost certainly be called a bitchfight if it were two women involved

I think bromance is definitely a great example of a blend, but it's been around for quite a long time, so I'd be looking for more contemporary examples for the essay and the like. But yeah, great stuff! I'm going to add this to the opening post right now.

[Joseph41]

A very interesting article on the functions of swearing in modern society:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-22/three-bloody-good-reasons-to-embrace-swearing/8373720

"There are moments in life where you reach a point of existential frustration, everything has gone wrong at once, and you search around for other words, but none will suit the occasion quite as well as a nice profanity," says Adams.

Opening post updated.

[DiegoM]

Hey everyone, I don't know if this has been posted before or if this is the right place for it, but Macquarie Dictionary has a really interesting podcast called Word for Word. It's very new and currently on hiatus as it has finished its first season, but I have found it useful nonetheless.

https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/podcast/

It is specifically about Australian English, and each episode talks about a different aspect of language. Overall, it's about how we use language and how it changes. Among others, there is an episode about internet slang, one about taboo words and one about regionalisms.
I hope this is useful 

[Joseph41]

I highly, highly, highly recommend reading this article on the impact of language.

Hey everyone, I don't know if this has been posted before or if this is the right place for it, but Macquarie Dictionary has a really interesting podcast called Word for Word. It's very new and currently on hiatus as it has finished its first season, but I have found it useful nonetheless.

https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/podcast/

It is specifically about Australian English, and each episode talks about a different aspect of language. Overall, it's about how we use language and how it changes. Among others, there is an episode about internet slang, one about taboo words and one about regionalisms.
I hope this is useful 

Awesome! Thank you, DiegoM. If nothing else, I'm totally going to get onto this podcast haha.

[18dangA]

There's this fb page called boobook education which post lots of interesting articles about English language
https://www.facebook.com/boobookeducation/
Hope it helps