Paragraphs (U4)

Question 1

‘Goon’

Answer 1

• June ‘25
• Oxford Aus. Dict codified australianism ‘goon’ -> cheap boxed wine
• Colloquial concrete noun ‘goon’ lends a mischievious and flippant attitude towards wine (traditionally rareified and associated with the ostantatious and elites)
• -> trivialises wine into accsible drink
• Anti-intellectual ethos and tall poppy syndrome
• demonstrates aus. vernacular remains pertinent in passing down quintessential aus. values and stereotypes to future generations

Question 2

‘Champ’

Answer 2

• April ‘25
• news.com.au released article detailing change in way vocative ‘champ’ is recieved by younger australians
• colloquial shortening ‘champ’
• carries negative connotations of being patronising and condescending
• -> artificially contructs a hierarchical tenor between previously close friends
• -> undermines cornerstone Aus. values of mateship and anti-intellectualism
• Paradoxical phenomenon where praising someone is offecsive reflects the uniqueness of aus. conversational dynamics and everyday vernacular

Question 3

Aus colloquialisms reflecting national values

Answer 3

• Champ
• Goon

Question 3

SAE

Answer 3

• Should not
• Has been Reopened

Question 4

‘Should not’

Answer 4

• ABC 2025 style guide
• ‘Torres strait islanders are a distinct group and should not be described as aboriginal’
• High modality verb -> clear and authoritiative boundary on appropriate use of collective nouns
• Through use of SAE -> ABC provides clarity and expertise
• -> educates audience and sets standard for communication
• reflects ABC’s societal values of cultural recognition and respect for Indigenous and torres strait islander identites

Question 5

‘Has been opened’

Answer 5

• Metro tunnel website
• declarative sentence ‘franklin street has been reopened to traffic, pedestrians, and cyclists’
• Passive voice within verb phrase ‘has been reopened’
• -> objective and impersonal tone for official communications
• -> avoids potential ambiguity, promoting mutual intellegibility and maintains the vic. governments credibility and trust as an organisation, demonstrating their values of transparency and reliability

Question 6

AbE

Answer 6

• Brista
• Gulu-ing around

Question 7

‘Brista’

Answer 7

• Feb ‘25
• Wendell French (indigenous drag performer)
• Lead up to mardi Gras
• Portmanteau ‘brista’ represents a blend of common nouns
• used within indigenous queer community to refer to someone who identifies as both masculine and feminine, or fluid across spectrum
• As such, traditional indigenous values of kinship and community
• Traditional indigenous values of kinship and community are expanded to embrace gender diverse community members
• including them in indigenous discourse whilst emphasising their familial closenss
• AbE has unique ability to encode both indigenous culture and personal values

Question 8

Ethnolects

Answer 8

• ‘Yallah’, ‘Habibi’
• ‘today cindy make the bao bun for everyone to try’

Question 9

‘Yallah’, ‘Habibi’

Answer 9

• Youtuber Superwog (theodore saidden)
• code switching to arabic allows for saidden to connect with fellow audience of leb. Australians -> establish solidarity and IGM
• reflect leb cultural values of friendship

Question 10

‘Gulu-ing around’

Answer 10

• July ‘25
• ABC article abt increased prevalence of AbE in WA school teacher vernacualr
• Phrasal verb stems from verb ‘gulu’ -> now denotes ‘having a look at something’
• Diverging from repertoire of SAE, authorities such as teachers are recognising legitamacy and popularatiy of AbE among rural communities
• therefore AbE allows encoding of connectedness to surroindings and emphasis on importance of relationship to Country
• AbE gains covert prestige

Question 11

‘Today Cindy make the bao bun for everyone to try’

Answer 11

• July ‘25
• Canto owned bakery in montmorency, Victoria posted a TikTok w cindy saying phrase
• 3rd person deixis of vocative ‘cindy’ to refer to self
• artificially wide social distance
• reduces imposition by not being overtly boastful -> humble and modest tone
• chinese traditional values of humilty, where subtlety and indirectness in communication signifies politeness and respect
• indefinite pronoun ‘everyone’ in prep phrase induces sense of community and inclusivity, inviting all viewers to try buns
• mirrors core chinese values of generosity and collectivism - food is a symbol of unity and solidarity & epitomises the quintessential aus. values of mateship and egalitarinism