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WT3 and Essay Question FAE 2022 AUT
General instructions
This set of instructions and resources is for the WT3 and Final Essay.
You can submit either task before the due date. You can use the WT3 as the ‘draft’ for the
Essay; but we expect you to learn from the marking and feedback we supply for the WT3 in
order to improve the Essay, and we will mark the Essay with this expectation.
Both the WT3 and the Essay are marked according to the Learning Guide (LG) criteria.
Any student with SC or an AIP can have a confidential discussion with Adrian Hale for an
extension or variation.
We are giving you several weeks to work on each assessment task, so we will be stricter on
approving extensions if the request is only a few days before the due date. Any student
unable to complete the Essay can submit the WT3 (or draft) as the Essay for a reduced mark.
The General Topic for the WT3 and Essay:
Language and Power.
The Specific Question for the WT3 and Essay:
When we communicate with language, we are not just using ‘words’ - we are also
performing a social action. Discuss.
These are the sub-topics:
o Racism
o Misogyny/Sexism
o Political Co
ectness
o Swearing
o Homophobia (or any phobia relating to the LGBQT+ community)
o The Aesthetic Alibi (and/or) Satire
o Linguicism
o English as a Global Language
o Standard English
Specific instructions for The WT3:
The WT3 word limit is XXXXXXXXXXwords, not including the reference list and question.
It is due at midnight Friday, 6th May 2022 (week 9).
Discuss in relation to:
• one of the sub-topics,
• 2 academic texts supplied for that sub-topic,
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• 2 additional academic texts that you have researched,
• 1 media text (from 2022) that you have researched.
Specific instructions for The Essay:
The Essay is XXXXXXXXXXwords, not including the question and reference list.
It is due at midnight Friday, 10th June 2022 (week 14).
Discuss in relation to:
• one of the sub-topics,
• 2 academic texts supplied for that sub-topic,
• 4 additional academic texts that you have researched,
• 1 media text (from 2022) that you have researched.
Additional information and ideas:
Apply the media article as a case study which relates to the topic, question and sub-topic.
All of the academic and media texts must be used in the WT3 and Essay explicitly (marks are
deducted on a proportionate basis for not finding your own texts or not using them in your
esponse).
Quoted material is considered as part of the Essay.
The lecture pods/notes and the textbook supply plenty of information on all of these topics,
along with structural-argumentation tips.
Submission is via the Turnitin links on vUWS.
These ideas should appear in your WT3 and Essay.
• Language use.
• Power. Control.
• Social issues such as mobility, economic opportunity, marginalisation.
• Social attitudes.
The Sub-topics and some suggested texts:
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Racism
Berman, P. (Ed XXXXXXXXXXDebating PC: The controversy over political co
ectness on college
campuses. Delta.
Fairclough, N. (2003). ‘Political co
ectness’: The politics of culture and language. Discourse
& society, 14(1), 17-28.
Norton, M. I., Sommers, S. R., Apfelbaum, E. P., Pura, N., & Ariely, D XXXXXXXXXXColor
lindness and inte
acial interaction playing the political co
ectness game.
Psychological Science, 17(11), XXXXXXXXXX.
Rahman, J XXXXXXXXXXThe N word: Its history and use in the African American community.
Journal of English linguistics, 40(2), XXXXXXXXXX.
Sommers, S. R., & Norton, M. I XXXXXXXXXXLay theories about White racists: What constitutes
acism (and what doesn't). Group processes & intergroup relations, 9(1), XXXXXXXXXX.
Valentine, J XXXXXXXXXXNaming the other: Power, politeness and the inflation of euphemisms.
Sociological research online 3/4. Retrieved from http:
socresonline.org.uk/3/4/7.html
Misogyny and Sexism
Fasoli, F., Carnaghi, A., & Paladino, M. P XXXXXXXXXXSocial acceptability of sexist derogatory
and sexist objectifying slurs across contexts. Language Sciences, 52, 98-107.
Gastil, J XXXXXXXXXXGeneric pronouns and sexist language: The oxymoronic character of
masculine generics. Sex roles, XXXXXXXXXX), XXXXXXXXXX.
Kleinman, S XXXXXXXXXXWhy sexist language matters. Qualitative Sociology, 25(2), XXXXXXXXXX.
McConnell, A. R., & Fazio, R. H XXXXXXXXXXWomen as men and people: Effects of gender-
marked language. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22(10), XXXXXXXXXX.
Mills, S XXXXXXXXXXLanguage and sexism. Cam
idge University Press.
http:
socresonline.org.uk/3/4/7.html
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Parks, J. B., & Roberton, M. A XXXXXXXXXXAttitudes toward women mediate the gender effect on
attitudes toward sexist language. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28(3), XXXXXXXXXX.
Swim, J. K., & Cohen, L. L XXXXXXXXXXOvert, covert, and subtle sexism: A Comparison between
the attitudes toward women and modern sexism scales. Psychology of Women
Quarterly, 21(1), XXXXXXXXXX.
Swim, J. K., Mallette, R. & Stangor, C XXXXXXXXXXUnderstanding subtle sexism: Detection and
use of sexist language. Sex Roles, 51(3/4), XXXXXXXXXX.
Political Co
ectness
Ahluwalia, P., & McCarthy, G. (1998). ‘Political Co
ectness’: Pauline Hanson and the
construction of Australian identity. Australian journal of public administration, 57(3),
79-85.
Allan, K. & Bu
idge, K XXXXXXXXXXFo
idden words: Taboo and the censoring of language.
Cam
idge University Press.
Flowerdew, J XXXXXXXXXXAcademic discourse. Routledge.
Halmari, H XXXXXXXXXXPolitical co
ectness, euphemism, and language change: The case of
‘people first’. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(3), XXXXXXXXXX.
Loury, G. C XXXXXXXXXXSelf-censorship in public discourse: A theory of “Political Co
ectness”
and related phenomena. Rationality and Society, 6(4), XXXXXXXXXX.
Milroy, J. & Milroy, L XXXXXXXXXXAuthority in language: Investigating Standard English (4th
Edn.). Routledge.
Orwell, G XXXXXXXXXXPolitics and the English Language. Retrieved from:
http:
www.orwell.ru/li
ary/essays/politics/english/e_polit
Poole, S XXXXXXXXXXUnspeak: How words become weapons, how weapons become a message,
and how that message becomes reality. Little Brown.
http:
www.orwell.ru/li
ary/essays/politics/english/e_polit
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Spa
ow, R XXXXXXXXXXTalking sense about political co
ectness. Journal of Australian Studies,
26(73), XXXXXXXXXX.
Swearing
Allan, K. & Bu
idge, K XXXXXXXXXXFo
idden words: Taboo and the censoring of language.
Cam
idge University Press.
Fish, S. E XXXXXXXXXXThere's no such thing as free speech: And it's a good thing, too. Oxford
University Press.
Halmari, H XXXXXXXXXXPolitical co
ectness, euphemism, and language change: The case of
‘people first’. Journal of Pragmatics, 43, 828–840.
Hughes, G XXXXXXXXXXPolitical Co
ectness: A History of semantics and culture. Wiley-
Blackwell.
Jay, T XXXXXXXXXXDo offensive words harm people? Psychology, public policy, and law, 15(2),
81-101.
Kaye, B. K., & Sapolsky, B. S XXXXXXXXXXOffensive language in prime time television: Before
and after content ratings. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 45(2), 303-
319.
Waldron, J XXXXXXXXXXThe harm in hate speech. Harvard University Press.
White, R XXXXXXXXXXIndigenous young Australians, criminal justice and offensive language.
Journal of Youth Studies, 5(1), 21-34.
Homophobia
Fredrickson, B. L., & Roberts, T. A XXXXXXXXXXObjectification theory. Psychology of women
quarterly, 21(2), XXXXXXXXXX.
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Hughes, G XXXXXXXXXXSwearing: A social history of foul language, oaths and profanity in
English. Penguin.
Hyde, C. A., & Ruth, B. J XXXXXXXXXXMulticultural content and class participation: Do students
self-censor? Journal of Social Work Education, 38(2), XXXXXXXXXX.
Korobov, N XXXXXXXXXXInoculating against prejudice: A discursive approach to homophobia and
sexism in adolescent male talk. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 5(2), XXXXXXXXXX.
Poteat, V. P., O'Dwyer, L. M., & Mereish, E. H XXXXXXXXXXChanges in how students use and are
called homophobic epithets over time: Patterns predicted by gender, bullying, and
victimization status. Journal of educational psychology, 104(2), 393.
Spa
ow, R XXXXXXXXXXTalking sense about political co
ectness. Journal of Australian Studies,
26(73), XXXXXXXXXX.
Williamson, I. R XXXXXXXXXXInternalized homophobia and health issues affecting lesbians and
gay men. Health education research, 15(1), 97-107.
The Aesthetic Alibi (and/or)
Satire
Carey, J. W XXXXXXXXXXPolitical co
ectness and cultural studies. Journal of Communication,
42(2), 56-72.
Gring-Pemble, L., & Watson, M. S XXXXXXXXXXThe rhetorical limits of satire: An analysis of
James Finn Garner's politically co
ect bedtime stories. Quarterly Journal of Speech,
89(2), XXXXXXXXXX.
Jay, M XXXXXXXXXXThe aesthetic alibi. Salmagundi, 93, 13-25.
Lewis, P XXXXXXXXXXHumor and political co
ectness. Humor: International Journal of Humor
Research, 10, XXXXXXXXXX.
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Lockyer, S. & Pickering, M. (Eds XXXXXXXXXXBeyond a joke: The limits of humour. Palgrave
Macmillan.
Roe, A XXXXXXXXXXTelevision satire, democracy and the decay of public language: John Clarke's
ve
al caricature. Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy,
121(1), 93-104.
Saper, B XXXXXXXXXXJoking in the context of political co
ectness. Humor: The International
Journal of Humor Research