Diction; Language Lexical fields Nouns (2) Epithets Italicisation Economy on words

Colloquial - 'fruit', 'home', 'coins'; the immigrant uses simple language due to the unfamiliarity with the language Living in a foreign country - 'hate name', 'inarticulate', 'foreign accent' Concrete - 'home', 'public transport', 'streets' Abstract - 'years', 'time', 'language', 'accent'; disconnect from the rest of the community (even after 'twenty years') Distressing - 'dismal', 'strange' 'Me not know'; draws attention to the language barrier and breakdown in communication 'the coins in your palm will not translate'; the universal experience of foreign workers who migrate with very little financial security is captured in a single phrase