Language And Occupation

Question 1

British legal jargon

Answer 1

Need for precision
Long history of law as a qualified profession
Desire to exclude non-lawyers
E.g “Mens Rea” means “guilty mind”

Question 2

American military lexis

Answer 2

Forms a closed network
Affects a great deal of the personnel’s life
Creates a sense of membership and loyalty between members
E.g “rain locker” means “shower”

Question 3

Doctors

Answer 3

Have specialist lexis but don’t use it as they need to converge with their patients to help them understand
“Bad cold” for flu instead of “acute highly contagious respiratory disease”

Question 4

Drew and Heritage

Answer 4

2 main differences between workplace conversation and ordinary talk
•allowable contributions
•goal orientated

Question 5

Asymmetrical conversation

Answer 5

Goffman- workplace conversation is not equal- high status speakers and low speakers