Aseel Analyse Language
Aseel Esttaifan
You are to write the transcript of an interview between a radio host, J.C. Burke and the composer of ONE related text of your own choosing. Discuss how the two texts project Australian voices.
Aseel: Being a foreign individual in a foreign country, it can make you feel weird and strange, that is why it’s very significant to know the language, culture, and lifestyle of your new country, understanding the distinct voices of that country, for example Australian voices.
Our guests today through their texts will demonstrate the language, culture, emotions, beliefs, values and the valuable spirit of Australians and their culture and cure this strangeness and weirdness that the foreign individuals might be feeling toward Australia …show more content…
I wittingly illustrate an amazing land, a place that individuals could live comfortably not only for Australian Aussie but also for non-Australians. I referred to Australia as a ‘her’ or ‘she’ because for me Australia is my motherland, she is what comforts me like a mother does for a child, she feeds me, clothes me, allows me to work. She feels like a mum to me.
Aseel: Wow I never thought of it like that, but that’s so true, Australia is like a mum, thanks for that. Now back to J.C., you have used Australian slang in you novel. Discuss the importance of using slang in your novel?
J.C.: it’s an important part of Australian language and culture and is the reason behind the use of such vernacular. For example the inclusion of teenage slang, swearing and references to adolescent idioms such as “arvo”, “lazy prick”, and “stupid wanker” allows the author my to speak directly to the target audience of adolescents, therefore shaping the audience's attitudes and ideas towards the events faced in the novel. The authenticity is added to the text through the voices of contemporary Australian adolescents by each individual enhancing the pathways each character takes in order to handle the situation that they are put in –causing for transition into a new phase of life. I personally believe that if I did not add any slang than it wouldn’t be a true Aussie novel. I mean could you imagine if I wrote “The rugby couch was such an amazing lad or gentleman” instead of “the footy coach was a top bloke”. Just wouldn’t have the same feeling for
You are to write the transcript of an interview between a radio host, J.C. Burke and the composer of ONE related text of your own choosing. Discuss how the two texts project Australian voices.
Aseel: Being a foreign individual in a foreign country, it can make you feel weird and strange, that is why it’s very significant to know the language, culture, and lifestyle of your new country, understanding the distinct voices of that country, for example Australian voices.
Our guests today through their texts will demonstrate the language, culture, emotions, beliefs, values and the valuable spirit of Australians and their culture and cure this strangeness and weirdness that the foreign individuals might be feeling toward Australia …show more content…
I wittingly illustrate an amazing land, a place that individuals could live comfortably not only for Australian Aussie but also for non-Australians. I referred to Australia as a ‘her’ or ‘she’ because for me Australia is my motherland, she is what comforts me like a mother does for a child, she feeds me, clothes me, allows me to work. She feels like a mum to me.
Aseel: Wow I never thought of it like that, but that’s so true, Australia is like a mum, thanks for that. Now back to J.C., you have used Australian slang in you novel. Discuss the importance of using slang in your novel?
J.C.: it’s an important part of Australian language and culture and is the reason behind the use of such vernacular. For example the inclusion of teenage slang, swearing and references to adolescent idioms such as “arvo”, “lazy prick”, and “stupid wanker” allows the author my to speak directly to the target audience of adolescents, therefore shaping the audience's attitudes and ideas towards the events faced in the novel. The authenticity is added to the text through the voices of contemporary Australian adolescents by each individual enhancing the pathways each character takes in order to handle the situation that they are put in –causing for transition into a new phase of life. I personally believe that if I did not add any slang than it wouldn’t be a true Aussie novel. I mean could you imagine if I wrote “The rugby couch was such an amazing lad or gentleman” instead of “the footy coach was a top bloke”. Just wouldn’t have the same feeling for