Exam 3 Flashcards
Noam Chomsky
Linguist- learning language in stages- L2 Acquisition (formation of separate grammars)
Universal Grammar
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Vevert Monkeys
Language not unique to humans- vevert monkeys have verbal and non verbal
Nim Chimpsky
Herbert Thomas and Laura Ann Pettito- Study to teach language through ASL- failed- no sign of syntax or grammar
Koko
ASL MONKEY
Kanzi
Sue Savage Rambaugh- Lexigram symbols that stand for words
Dialect
Forms of language
Diglossia (code switching)
.switching between dialects
Discourse Analysis
.study of language above the level of the sentence
Rapport talk vs Report Talk
.private vs public speech
Debra Tannen
.study of language and gender
Men vs Women speech patterns
Men: devices of control- ignorance, statements of fact
Women: verbal and Non verbal listening responses- silent protest
Boys and girls speech/ playground groups
.girls: small, homogenous, private, equality, critique
Boys: large, heterogenous, hierarchy, competition, dominance
Indirect speech
Not getting to the point
Air Florida flight 90
Fatal case of indirect speech between pilot and copilot
Paralanguage (kinesics, tone, space/time)
Hidden aspects of communication- body language (kinesics), tone/character of voice
Observation
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Interviews
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Reticence
Hesitance to answer questions
Reactivity
give the answer the interviewer wants to hear
Participant observation
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Ideal, believed, and actual behavior
Driving
“I’m told”, “I should”, “I do”
Ruptures in communication
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Claire sterk and prostitution
.reticence and reactivity
Socialization/ enculturation
.how and when we learn our culture
Learning the nightmare
What schools teach: noise, competition/hatred
Psychology Anthropology
Freud and the subconscious mind