b Flashcards
indirect index
the social identity that a characteristic is associated with
direct index
the characteristic that language used indicates
quality
not saying what you believe to be false
solopistic interjection
we fill in blanks of others’s lives - role playing their responses
content collapse
making one identty appropriate for all
postivie face
our wants to be desirable
code switching
swapping from one code to another to better communicate
face
public self image
cop
identy being constructed depends on group membership
homog.
same
indexicaltiyy
the notion that linguistic features indicate social meaning
code
any kind of system used to communicate
diglossia
situation where two distinct codes with clear functional separation; a distinct high and low variety