Language And Occupation

Question 1

Occupation lexis

Answer 1

Important for a persons occupation

Lexis terms that are part of the occupation semantic field

Question 2

Features of Occupation lexis

Answer 2

Modal verbs -doctors 
Terms of address - miss 
Jargon on specialist terms 
Standard English 
Occupational lexis -Nando's
Politeness markers 
Imperatives 
Interrogatives

Question 3

Fairclough 2001

Answer 3

There are different kinds of power

Unequal encounter= one person is in power and the other isn’t

Question 4

School acronyms used by teachers

Answer 4

EAL
FSM
HT
AHT

Question 5

Bhatia 1992

Answer 5

Genre to be characterised by a set of communicative purposes naturally understood by members of the profession or community

Goal
Purpose
Mutually understood

Question 6

Swales 1990

Answer 6

Discourse community - group of people who use same professional genres and specialised lexis
Emphasis on how important language is to the workplace

Question 7

Drew and Heritage 1992

Answer 7

How workplace differs from ordinary conversation:

1. Goal orientation - workplace convos are set on a particular task/focus
2. Turn taking or restrictions - who speaks when. Professional contexts there are turn taking rules e.g. Court room. But also unwritten restrictions :doctor-patient consultations, doctors ask the questions
3. Allowable contributions- restrictions on what is acceptable e.g what participant may say
4. Professional lexis - context reflected by professional lexis. Vocab used by speakers
5. Structure - professional interactions may be structured in a specific way
6. Asymmetry - one speaker has more power/special knowledge than the other. E.g doctor and patient, boss and employee

Question 8

Language in education occupation

Answer 8

Shared pragmatic understanding - on call
Professional lexis
Goal orientated

Question 9

Language in education O - IRF (initiation response follow up) Sinclair and Coulthard 1975

Answer 9

Classroom discourse follows a particular pattern led by the teacher
Teacher is in power
Speech exchange
E.g.
Amy what do we call a word that we describe
Adjective
Adjective good

Repetition of info 
Teacher may correct response 
Teacher structures lesson 
Teacher may us positive reinforcement student answers shorter 
Student uses terms of address 
Teachers may use proper nouns - names

Question 10

Language in education O-modality

Answer 10

Use of modal verbs

1. Epistemic modality = constructions that express degrees of possibility. Probability and certainty
2. Demonic Modality = constructions that express degrees of necessity and obligations

Question 11

Swales 2011 -discourse community

Answer 11

• Has a set of common goals
• Possess various genres and communicate with atleast one genre
• Have special lexis
• Participants within have a required knowledge of the expertise to participate

Question 12

Koester 2004

Answer 12

People pay attention to relational and task goals when interacting for work/business

Nature of relationships in the workplace is reflected and shape the language used in interactions

Interpersonal relationships are important to complete tasks -form bonds & shows colleagues are interested in co-workers

May use phatic talk, create humour etc

Question 13

Debora Cameron

Answer 13

Looked into call centre interactions

Subject to a lot of managerial control