Dialect, Identity and Power

Text 1:

1) The language used in text was very poetic and the diction was simple without sophistication very understandable and natural.

2) Paul D. was conveyed as a knowledgeable man that uses words to fit his benefit. He tries to communicate his feelings as naturally as he possibly can as if he was talking to a live audience.

3) The reason for this could be due to the events that have taken place in his life. For the first song he could have been a free person who complains about life, whereas in the second song which we are informed takes place after being on the prison farm and the war. It talks more about the wanting of him to take his life away and he expresses his feelings with anger.

Text 2:

1) I believe she is speaking to her audiences but she really directs her main points to those in power. She also addresses the issue of people using new languages but shows those whom determinedly stop using a language to several reasons.

2) Her language is slightly confusing and the reason for this is because she uses a huge amount of metaphors. She also uses some complicated vocabulary.

3) The language is a mixture between academic and story like. She is telling a story to her audience but with a very strong meaning behind without any evident characters.

4) It can be stolen if others decide to incorporate it into their culture but not use it fully, more like mixing languages together. It can also be stolen if the government decides to take it away from the people by using their power to abolish it slowly.

Text 3:

1) The vocabulary is pretty easy to understand but the context in which it is placed in the song makes it slightly hard to understand what he is trying to convey.

2) In a way yes, because the people that are from where the artist is from might know him and find his music interesting but at the same time it can also belong to larger community which are those who enjoy rap and find this singer successful.

3) This song might be performed for the teenage community or those who enjoy this type of music. It is marketed to for those who care about fitting in a certain society and they believe that if they know such songs. It is marketed by the Interscope record company.

4) I think a bit of both. If a knowledgeable person looks at he thinks of it as a mockery for the rich or celebrity community. Others might look at it as a hip thing that is the current hit for this artist.