Occupation And Power Flashcards
1
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John Swales
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Defined a discourse community as having members who
- share a common set of goals
- communicate internally
2
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Drew and Heritage
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Suggests that members of a discourse community share inferential frameworks and an asymmetrical heirarchy
3
Q
Koester 2004
Social groups/Class
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Shows importance of social roles and working together in solidarity (phatic talk aka small talk)
4
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Howard Giles
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Accommodation theory
Suggests speakers converge their language to match their audience
5
Q
Convergence
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When we move our speech closer to the other person’s
6
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Divergence
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When speech moves apart increasing social distance
7
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Accommodation theory
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Process where people adjust their accent, pronunciation or other aspects of language
8
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Discourse community defintion
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A group of people who share discourse/ assumptions about communication
