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| Giles: accommodation theory |
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What theorist specializes in accents and dialects?
& When were their theories made? |
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Quantity Maxim- Grice (1975)
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Keep to appropriate amount of information |
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| Is the verb to be standard or non standard english? |
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Adopting standard English and received pronunciation in formal settings because it is seen as social valuable.
E.G: Susan, the chav, gets in a taxi, the driver, David, speaks with standard English. Susan decides to adopt her language in order to sound slightly posher, by dropping her slang and prouncing her T's. |
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What are the standard english to be verbs?
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I was
You were
She was
We were
They were |
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Initiation
(Sinclair and Coulthard - 1975) |
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| The introduction of someone to a particular activity or skill. |
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| What are the non standard english to be verbs? |
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Response
(Sinclair and Coulthard - 1975) |
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| A verbal answer to the initiation. |
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Feedback
(Sinclair and Coulthard - 1975) |
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| A reaction to someone's response. |
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| Quality Maxim- Grice (1975) |
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| Relation Maxim- Grice (1975) |
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| Manner Maxim- Grice (1975) |
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| What inflection is used in standard english? |
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What is an example of an initiation?
(Sinclair and Coulthard - 1975) |
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Goffman(1967)
Positive Face |
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Wanting to be liked by others. How a person wants to be perceived by their social group
Eg. I really like your painting |
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What is an example of a response?
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Adopting non-standard forms because it's seen as socially valuable.
E.G: Susan now goes to the local One-Stop, the cashier, Adam picks up on her slang and speaks in the same way she does, making Becky feel more comfortable. |
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What is an example of feedback?
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Giles: accommodation theory
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~ The adjustment of ones speaking habits or accent with either the subconscious or conscious aim of gaining social prestige.
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| who came up with the term Synthetic personalisation? |
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| A theorist named fairclough |
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| what is synthetic personalisation |
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| It gives the impression to the audience that they are being considered as individuals |
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what is this an example of:
Hello Joseph!
At Asda we have a new and improved juice section |
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| Synthetic personalisation |
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| What are the 6 narrative categories that Labov came up with? |
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Abstract
Orientation
Complication
Resolution
Coda
Evaluation |
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| Humour can be used to gain superiority involves breaking rules. Incongruity, Relief, Superiority. |
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Transactional - talk that's for a purpose.
Referential - providing information.
Interactional - social, gossip, chatting.
Phatic - small talk (e.g. openings).
Expressive - conveying feelings. |
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| This is the power that friends, family and different classes have over you. |
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| This power comes with political jobs, i.e, being a Judge or a police officer. A police officer has political power over a civilian, being able to arrest someone if they aren't upholding the law. |
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| Why do women use questions according to Fishman 1983 |
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Goffman(1967)
Negative Face
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Not wanting to be imposed on by others
Eg. Not wanting to be interrupted |
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| What do women use to stimulate speech and what do men use to do the opposite? |
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Women: tag questions
Men: Minimal responses to discourage conversation |
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| What will less powerful speakers offer more of in comparison to more powerful speakers? |
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Assent
e.g. 'uh huh' 'yeah' 'ok' |
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| Lakoff - Colour Terms (1975) |
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| Lakoff suggests that women are able to use more precise terms to describe colour such as magenta and fuchsia where as a man would only recognise the colour as pink |
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