Language and Occupation Flashcards
What is restricted lexis?
Restricted lexis and Jargon - specific lexis.
What are some British Legal Terms?
Voire Dire - Speak the truth
Prima Facie - Apparently
Sub Peona - Under penalty
What is American Military lexis?
Jar head - marine
Deep six - Overboard
Rain locker - Shower
Why do some people have specific lexis?
Due to them having a closed network or a sense of group membership.
What is Specific Restricted lexis
Flu - a bad cold
Means an acute night contagious disease.
What is an Initialism?
Only said the initials - HIV - GCSE
What is an acronym?
Say the word as a whole - PRU OR NEET
What did Giles Accommodation Theory say?
Convergence - sounding more like interlocutor.
Divergence - moving away from sounding like interlocutor.
What are some service encounters?
1) Opening and offers
2) Negotiation
3) Close talking
What did Goffman say?
Frontstage and Backstage language.
‘Fronstage’ - professional
‘Backstage’ - performing different.
What did Goffman say about conversation?
High status and low status - Asymmetrical
Types of speech:
1) Topic drift
2) Topic control
3) Topic loop
What was Brown and Leviton’s theory?
Positive face - self-image
Negative face - Right to do
What is Lackoffs 3 maxims?
1) Don’t impose
2) Make listener feel good
3) Give options
