Textual Analysis :Kool A.D


In Kool A.D.’s guide on “How to pay for a baby”, he uses colloquialism and incomprehensible slang diction to portray his point of views on raising a baby for the first time to his targeted audience. While reading this text it is evident that the chose of idiolect used by the author illustrates that he is trying to entertain the readers in some ways. In addition to that, he is being critical to the society and trying to persuade clueless teens not to have kids at such a young age. It is evident that A.D does not use formal articulated language in this column because for example, in the third paragraph A.D. uses a phrase “Hella empty buildings… hella different tasks”. This example depicts that his choice of diction is amusing to the reader, however while some phrases may seem slang, there is still a strong hidden meaning behind the main theme he is trying to send out through those phrases. Furthermore, the way the author says “….they stay sh**ing themselves so much you gotta buy them disposable pants for every single time they take a sump for like two years” illustrates that the language used in this text is aimed for young parents. The reason behind this is because there is use of swear words in that sentence and also throughout the text which allows the reader to conclude that the tone used is humorous and not really expressed in a serious manner, thus the syntax of words are arranged into an entertaining idiom. If this text was aimed for educated, high-class parents then A.D. would have used a different dialect, such as formal or even informal language to represent his argument. To conclude, this specific text had the overall purpose of expressing A.D’s stance on paying and raising a baby at a young age by using slang terminology and entertaining twists as well. The use of swear words and what teens call ‘the cool language’ helps the reader understand that this text is written for young uneducated humans.

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