Occupation Flashcards
Why is American military lexis used?
To demonstrate loyalty and unity and because of the closed network of multi-plex connections formed by military bases in foreign countries
What are some words used in American military lexis?
Rain Locker - Shower
Deep Six - Throw overboard (Navy)
Why is Legal Lexis used?
To exclude outsiders from confidential information or to keep the opposition ignorant to their line of argument
What are some examples of legal lexis?
Voir Dire - Speak the truth
Prima Facie - Apparently
Sub Peona - On the face of it
Which languages are used in legal lexis
Latin and Norman French
Why is jargon used in the medical profession?
For efficiency and precision and to remain patient confidentiality
What are examples of medical jargon?
TEETH - Tried everything, try homeopathy
GPO - Good for parts only
What are some examples of standard lexis with specialist definitions?
Flu - a bad cold / a specific virus
Paranoid - a fear of not being liked / a psychosis characterised by systemic delusions
Who proposed the idea of Frontstage and Backstage language?
Groffman
What is frontstage and backstage language?
Frontstage - a professional identity e.g. speaking at work
Backstage - an informal identity e.g. talking to family
What did Eakens and Eakens find in relation to occupational language?
They studied a faculty meeting and determined that both status and gender determined whether or not they would be interrupted
What did Drew and Heritage study and find?
Workplace conversations - they found they were goal-oriented and had restrictions on allowable contributions
What are asymmetrical conversations as proposed by Goffman
Superiors demonstrate dominance whilst inferiors demonstrate deferential behaviour
What are discourse communities?
Membership means you know the appropriate topics, lexical choices to use and understand the status of who is in charge
What are service encounters?
Transactional interactions in which someone provides goods or services. They are performed as follows:
- Openings and offer
- Negotiations of service
- Closing and leave-taking
