Cht. 8 style Flashcards
what is style?
ability to adept language accordingly to whom you’re speaking to be suitable (intra-speaker variation)
what is a common style concept
degree of formality, you pay attention to your speech
what are paralinguistic channel cues?
tempo, pitch, volume, breathing rate, and laughter in speech
what is audience design
people shift their style to accommodate their audience
what is converging and diverging?
converging = people try to sound like the speaker
diverging = people try to not sound like the speaker
what is the order in levels of audience closeness (Bell)
1 addressee
2 auditor
3 overhearer
4 eavesdropper
what is the speaker design model?
model that leaves more room for creation and presentation of speaker identity
what is passing?
sounding authentic
what is dragging?
identity performance
what is heterosexual marketplace?
the enforcing of traditional gender roles
what is a register?
type of specific speech situation, often related to an occupation or pasttime
what is a genre
recognized category of event with its own name (confused with register)
what is jargon?
special vocabulary associated with a particular occupation, makes talking more effective for people in that field
what is argot?
criminal “secret” language
what types of styles can differ across cultures?
register and genre
