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Occupational Language Flashcards

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What is jargon

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Jargon is a langauge unique to a group and wouldn’t make sense to people outside that group

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What is Kollataj’s evaluation of jargon

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Kollataj’s evaluation of jargon is that language like slang has a stigma in occupation, but not jargon.

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What is Spolskys evaluation of jargon

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Spolskys evaluation of jargon is that jargon helps people to be indoctrinated within a group

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What is Herrgards evaluation of jargon

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Herrgards evaluation of jargon is that it works well in time-constrained situations

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What is Drew and Heritages evaluation of jargon

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Drew and Heritages evaluation of jargon is that knowing jargon makes jobs run more efficiently

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What is spolskys negative evaluation of jargon

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spolskys negative evaluation of jargon is that it can make you stand out if you don’t know or use jargon

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What is the Plain English Campaign’s evaluation of jargon

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the Plain English Campaigns evaluation of jargon is that it detracts from plain English so needs to be reduced

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What are Koesters types of occupational conversation

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Koesters types of occupational conversations are transactional conversation and interactional conversation

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What is Koesters interactional conversation

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Koesters interactional conversation is about serving a social purpose

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What is Koesters transactional conversation

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Koesters transactional conversation is about making a transaction or getting somethings done

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What is Herbert and Straights theory on occupational conversation

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Herbert and Straights theory on occupational conversation is that compliments in work will move down the class hierarchy e.g. a manager is more likely to pay a compliment to an employee more than employee is to a manager

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How does Hornyak support Herbert and Straight

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Hornyak supports Herbert and Straight by saying conversations are initiated by the person with most power by other-orientated token

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What is Heritages theory on occupational language

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Heritages theory on occupational language is that turn-taking takes place in transactional conversation and the one with most power will ask most questions

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What is Myers-Scottons theory on occupational language

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Myers-Scottons theory on occupational language is that we code switch to a beneficiary language often by moving up and down registers and increasing politeness markers like “please”

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What is Gavrusevas theory on occupational language

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Gavrusevas theory on occupational language is that we have many discourse identities and switch between them when speaking to other people like friends, bosses and customers

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What is a register

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A register is type of language used in relation to formality

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What is restricted Lexis

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Restricted lexis is words only certain groups know e.g. certain occupations

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What are Phatic Tokens

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Phatic tokens are ways of showing status by orientating comments to oneself, to others or to a general situation e.g. talking about the weather

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What is Phatic communication

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Phatic communication is small talk

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What is self orientated token

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self orientated token is information relating to yourself

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What is other orientated token

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other orientated token is utterance expressing interest in somebody else

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Thornborrows theory on occupational power

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Thornborrows theory on occupation power is that a workplace has asymmetrical power where everyone has different levels of power e.g. headteacher, teacher and student

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What is Atkinsons theory on occupational power

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Atkinsons theory on occupational power is that thornborrows asymmetrical power is accentuated in some workplaces such as the hyper-formal turn-taking order in parliament

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Drew and Heritages theory on occupational power

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Drew and Heritage theory on occupational power is an add-on from Thornborrow stating that asymmetrical power differs depending on the environment e.g. a teacher is less likely to accept orders from a headteacher in a pub than they are in a school

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French and Ravens 5 types of occupational power

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French and Ravens 5 types of occupational power are referent, legitimate, coerce, reward and expert power

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What is French and Ravens referent power

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French and Ravens referent power is power based on the relationship with the other person e.g. you may do something for a person you like

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What is French and Ravens legitimate power

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French and Ravens legitimate power is genuine power such as a teachers power over student.

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What is French and Ravens coercive power

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French and Ravens coercive power is power with the ability to force another person to do something

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What is French and Ravens reward power

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French and Ravens reward power is power with the ability to reward someone or to not reward someone for doing or not doing something e.g. giving a sweet for getting all questions correct

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What is French and Ravens expert power

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French and Ravens expert power is power from superior knowledge

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What is Brown and Levinson types of face

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Brown and levinson says there are two types of face - positive and negative affecting language use

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What is brown and Levinsons positive face

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brown and Levinsons positive face is language used to show the desire to be accepted and liked by others

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What is brown and levinsons negative face

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Brown and levinson negative face is language used to show the wish to be independent and have freedom to do what they want

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What are brown and Levinsons face threatening acts

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brown and Levinsons face threatening acts are acts which may threaten the speakers or interlocutors face

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What is Argot

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Argot is language used to prevent eavesdroppers from understanding the meaning of a conversation

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What is Charles J. Fillmore idea of frame semantics

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Charles J. Fillmore idea of frame semantics is that one cannot understand the meaning of a word without access to all the context which relates to that word

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What is Goffman’s ‘Frame Theory’

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Goffman’s ‘Frame Theory’ is the idea that work-related conversations have an unwritten structure

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What is an example of Goffman’s ‘Frame Theory’ in work-related conversation

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An example of Goffman’s ‘Frame Theory’ in work-related conversation is when a doctor begins an interaction with a patient by saying “what is wrong”

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