Revision Thread

[Natters]

But is any aspect of language innate??
lol jks lets not get into that shit
sif there is authority via correct punctuation in forums
authority = a cool sig or quote or badge

[thushan]

bahahah i dunno whenever I read Mao with his perfect grammar i think "man he has authority"

[Natters]

hahahhahaha lolol
howww abouttttt
everyone who reads this, scroll up, look at the random add and state which, if any, linguistic features typical of advertisements are present
ive got:

Make this summer count. Reduce stress and get a head start in the VCE. Enrol with TSFX today.

i guess this doesnt actually have much other than the the imperative sentence at the beginning and end which are common in adds and theres the visual as well with a bunch of happy people which might be to engage the reader, even though the text kinda contradicts this as its realllyyy impersonal

[thushan]

Haha parataxis? No use of conjunctions indicate a fast-paced and jerky rhythm, goading reader onto action!

[Natters]

btw does anybody know what it's called when a persuasive article attempts to personalise the text by using the plurals pronouns "we, us" and "them" and stuff like that, to sorta make the reader think their on the side of the author without noticing it

i always thought it was inclusive language but apparently thats just synonymous with politically correct

just reading that post now, wtf is parataxis lol, ive just read "tmesis" in a list of definitions, geeeez i dont know my shit

[thushan]

Haha you're thinking non-discriminatory language = politically correct

[Natters]

nah i meant,, what's it called when a company or something will say "we can do this" and the "we" includes the reader but its not called inclusive language its smth else i cant remember

meh

[thushan]

Metonymy?

[Natters]

nahhh not from what i can gather off the wikipedia page for metonymy its not quite that, nvm
id call it like associating language or something like that, i just coined a new term, get around me fellow linguists