Language and Occupation

Question 1

What is meant by occupation?

Answer 1

Refers to a person job, profession or employment.

Question 2

What is ‘Jargon’ or ‘Specific lexis’?

Answer 2

This is where most workplaces and employers have lexis that is specific to them.

Question 3

What are some professions that have more complex jargon?

Answer 3

• Lawyers
• Judges

Question 4

What are the examples of British Legal Lexis?

Answer 4

Voir Dire - speak the truth
Sub Peona - under penalty
Prima Facie - apparently

Question 5

Why is it that law has a great deal of special lexis?

Answer 5

1. Precision
2. Long history of law
3. Prestige of law
4. To exclude non-lawyers

Question 6

What are some examples of American Military Lexis?

Answer 6

Jar Head - marines
Rain locker - shower
Deep six - Throw

Question 7

Why does the American Military have this special lexis?

Answer 7

1. Military - closed network
2. Affects personal lives
3. Create a sense of group membership and loyalty

Question 8

Is Jargon a feature of form register?

Answer 8

It is often but not always.

Question 9

What are some examples of Jargon in the medical field?

Answer 9

CTD - Circling the drain
GPO - Good for parts only
TEETH - Tried everything else try homeopathy
NFR - Normal for Rochdale

Question 10

What is Restricted Specialist Lexis and give an example?

Answer 10

Words that exists in ordinary english however have a special meaning to members of the profession.
One example of this is when we say Flu, however medical definition is Acute highly contagious respiratory diseases caused by orthomyxoviruses

Question 11

What is an acronym and an example?

Answer 11

A word formed from the initial letters - pronounced as one word. For example, AIDs

Question 12

What is an initialism and an example?

Answer 12

Word formed from the initial letters - pronounced individually. For example, HIV.

Question 13

What are some acronyms and initialisms in education?

Answer 13

1. GCSE - Initialism - General Certificate Of Secondary Education.
2. EBD - Initialism - Emotional and Behaviour disorder.
3. NEET - acronym- Not in Education, Employment or training.
4. PRU - acronym - Pupil Referral Unit.

Question 14

REMINDER - What is Giles’ Accommodation Theory?

Answer 14

2 key ideas:
1. Convergence - speech becomes more similar to the person you’re speaking to.
2. Divergence - speech shifts away from those you’re speaking to.

Question 15

What is a service encounter?

Answer 15

Service encounter is a ‘transactional interaction’ in which one provides a good or service.

Question 16

What does Goffman’/ Frontstage and Backstage Language say?

Answer 16

1. Front stage conversations are when speakers are performing their professional identity.
2. Back stage conversations are when speakers are performing a different identity.

Question 17

What does Drew and Heritage’s Workplace Conversation say?

Answer 17

1. It’s goal-oriented
2. There’s only ‘allowable contributions’

Question 18

What is asymmetrical conversation?

Answer 18

Asymmetrical conversation - means they’re not equal. Workplace conversations are usually like this.

Question 19

What are features of a workplace conversation?

Answer 19

1. Usually done to give information.
2. Aim to achieve a purpose from conversation.

Question 20

What is topic drift?

Answer 20

Topic drift is when the speakers drift from one topic to another. Formal Workplace conversations undergo less topic drift than other kinds of conversations

Question 21

What is topic control?

Answer 21

High speakers usually control the choice of topics in conversations. Topics are rarely refused by low-status speakers.

Question 22

What is a topic loop?

Answer 22

Expected that high-status speakers will use topic loops to ensure group conversations are productive.

Question 23

What was Lackoff’s 3 maxims?

Answer 23

1. Don’t impose
2. Give options
3. Make the listener feel good

Question 24

What is a symmetrical conversation?

Answer 24

Conversation between equals. This is desire to suggest support and equality with one’s colleagues.

Question 25

Who made asymmetrical and symmetrical conversation?

Answer 25

Goffman