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Occupation Theory Flashcards

Paper 2 Section A Revision

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1
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Occupation in the context that we are interested in, refers to a person’s job, profession or e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Employment

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Most workplaces and employers have lexis that is specific to them. What do we call this?

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Restricted lexis or jargon

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Most of the terms in a McDonalds employees handbook is accessible, even outside of the context of the text. Why is this?

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Because it is a low skilled job and often a first job

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A good example of more complex and less accessible lexis used in other professions is?

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The British legal profession

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What does ‘Voir Dire’ mean in the British Legal Lexis?

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Say what you see. Tell the truth

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What does ‘prima facie’ mean in the British Legal Lexis?

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On the face of it.

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What does ‘sub poena’ mean in the British Legal Lexis?

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Under penalty

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Law has a great deal of specialist terminology because of the need for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Precision

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Law has a great deal of specialist terminology because of the very long _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of law as a qualified profession

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History

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Law has a great deal of specialist terminology because of the desire to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ non-lawyers

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Exclude

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Law has to be VERY _ _ _ _ _ and unambiguous as the consequences of getting it wrong are so severe

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Clear

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What does ‘jarhead’ mean in the American Military Lexis?

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Empty headed or stupid or the type of haircut

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What does ‘rain locker’ mean in the American Military Lexis?

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Shower

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What does ‘deep 6’ mean in the American Military Lexis?

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36 feet deep (Get rid of it by throwing it overboard)

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The military forms what type of network?

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A closed network

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Military service affects a great deal of its personnel’s _ _ _ _ _

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Lives

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One of the reasons why the military lexis exists is because of the need to create a sense of group _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and L _ _ _ _ _ between service personnel.

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Membership and loyalty

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Because servicemen and women tend to associate only with each other for long stretches, it often leads to specialist vocabulary as speakers can assume a great deal of _ _ _ _ _ _ knowledge.

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Shared

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The army only works if everyone has a sense of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to everyone else and a shared language is a way of creating this.

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Commitment

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One example of using restricted lexis and jargon in very _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ situations is by doctors in their medical notes.

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Informal

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An example of jargon used by a doctor in their medical notes is when they use the term ‘CTD’ - What does this mean?

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Circling the drain

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An example of jargon used by a doctor in their medical notes is when they use the term ‘GPO’ - What does this mean?

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Good for Parts Only

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An example of jargon used by a doctor in their medical notes is when they use the term ‘TEETH’ - What does this mean?

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Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy

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An example of jargon used by a doctor in their medical notes is when they use the term ‘NFR’ - What does this mean?

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Normal For Rochdale

25
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Why do Medics initialise phrases such as ‘NFR’ or TEETH’ or ‘GPO’?

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Because they can cause offense to patients, their carers and friends and family.

26
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In the medical field, there are some words that have a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ medical definition (used by those in the medical profession) as well as an ordinary usage (used by ordinary people and non-medical professions)

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Specific

27
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An example of a word that has a specific medical definition, as well as an ordinary usage is the term ‘_ _ _ ‘ which doctors use to mean ‘Acute highly contagious respiratory diseases caused by orthomyxoviruses’

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Flu

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An example of a word that has a specific medical definition, as well as an ordinary usage is the term ‘p _ _ _ _ _ _ _’ which doctors use to mean a ‘psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution’

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Paranoid

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An example of a word that has a specific medical definition, as well as an ordinary usage is the term ‘n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ‘ which doctors use to mean ‘suffering from a mental disorder that affects the personality and is accompanied by a distorted perception of reality’

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Neurotic

30
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What is an acronym?

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A word formed from the initial letters of other words which you pronounce as one word.

31
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What is an initialism?

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A word formed from the initial letters of other words

32
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While acronyms and initialisms exist for the form of brevity, they also serve as a marker of _ _ _ _ _ membership for those who are able to use and understand them

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Group

33
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An example of an acronym which belong to the education profession is ‘ _ _ _ _ ‘ which means General Certificate of Secondary Education

A

GCSE

34
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An example of an acronym which belong to the education profession is ‘ _ _ _ ‘ which means Pupil Referral Unit

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Pupil Referral Unit

35
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Jargon or occupational restricted lexis is often used to form an _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ code.

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In-group

36
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In-group codes allow you to raise the status of the occupation by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ others

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Excluding

37
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In-group codes allow you to create a sense of u _ _ _ _ or b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ amongst member of the profession as you all know the secrets.

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Unity or belonging

38
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In some occupations, speakers may need to c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with their interlocutor. For example, teachers often need to c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with their students when explaining unfamiliar and challenging concepts

A

Converge / Converge

39
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What is a service encounter?

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A transactional interaction in which one person provides goods or services.

40
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Service encounters typically contain o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and o _ _ _ _ _ _ of service.

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Openings and offers

41
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Service encounters typically contain n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of service.

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negotiations

42
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Service encounters typically contain c _ _ _ _ and l _ _ _ _ taking.

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Close and leave

43
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The predictable nature of some features in a teacher’s report is a sign that the speaker or writer is part of which community?

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A discourse community

44
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Membership of a discourse community also helps to determine 4 things. What are they?

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a) topic 2) lexical choice 3) status 4) politeness features

45
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Goffman described discourses as ‘f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’ and ‘b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’ conversations.

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Frontstage and backstage

46
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According to Goffman, which identify is a person performing during a fronstage conversation?

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Professional identity.

47
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According to Goffman, which identify is a person performing during a backstage conversation?

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A different identity to a professional identity.

48
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Drew and Heritage said that workplace conversations are ‘_ _ _ _-oriented’

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Goal-orientated

49
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Drew and Heritage said that within a workplace, there are constraints on what participants will treat as ‘_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ contributions’

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Allowable

50
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Goffman also claimed workplace conversations not even or equal. What term did he use for this?

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Asymmetrical conversation

51
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According to Goffman, who demonstrate dominant behaviour?

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Superiors

52
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According to Goffman, who demonstrates deferential behaviour?

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Inferiors

53
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Norman Fairclough’s said that workplace talk has a d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ conversationalist

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Dominant and recessive

54
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Norman Fairclough’s said that if people give conflicting accounts, generally the person with what type of power is most likely to be trusted and believed because they are held to have greater “Members’ Resources,” i.e. background knowledge and information

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The most power.

55
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What does Norman Fairclough mean when he speaks about ‘members resources’?

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Background knowledge and information

56
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Lev Vygotsky said that s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ language ensures that one person (the worker) is seen as in charge and in control by the other (the customer)

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Sophisticated or authoritative

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