─ ✦ prelim Flashcards
What is the impact of globalization on global languages?
It shakes and moves global languages, displacing them from their status and geographical alignments.
What are the criteria for a language to be considered a global language?
It must be internationally spoken with first, second, and foreign language speakers, have speakers in almost global geographical distribution, and be used in highly recognized publications and international conferences.
True or False: English is the leading language of science and technology.
True
What role does English play in international commerce?
It is a means for international commerce and is essential for inter-state commerce and communication.
What are the communication variables affecting the variation of English?
- Participants
- Setting
- Purpose
- Medium
What is jargon in the context of the English language?
Expressions and words associated with a particular profession and activity.
Fill in the blank: English for _______ is spoken by those engaged in selling, buying, and providing services.
Business
What is English for Information Technology and Engineering used for?
It is used in computer engineering, information technology development, building and machine construction, and infrastructure building.
What fields use English for Arts and Education?
- Humanities
- Social Science
- Language and Cultural Arts
- Education
Fill in the blank: English for _______ is spoken by professionals in the food, accommodation, and travel industries.
Hotel, Restaurant, and Cruise Management
What is the primary purpose of English for Medical Science?
To attend to the needs of patients and advance medical and hospital care knowledge.
What does Cultural Convergence promote?
Stronger cultural uniformity and leads to relatively closed social systems.
What is Communication Accommodation Theory?
It introduces linguistic strategies to decrease or increase communicative distances.
What does Intercultural Adaptation aim to develop?
Communicative competence.
Define Co-Cultural Theory.
It subverts mainstream communication by the underrepresented and dominant group members.
What does Communication Acculturation Theory advocate?
Adaptation among cultures through negotiation and dialogue.
What is Anxiety/Uncertainty Management?
The stress experienced when meeting a host from a different culture for the first time.
What is Assimilation in communication?
Being absorbed and accepted as a member of a community.
What does Deviance refer to in communication?
Failing to become a part of the norm despite constant persistence.
What is Alienation in the context of communication?
The feeling of being lost and indifferent.
What is the Meaning-Making Theory?
An assumption of an utterance or word may lead to a breakdown of understanding.
What does Face Negotiation Theory address?
Management of conflict in collectivistic and high-context cultures.
What is Standpoint Theory?
It posits that individuals perceive things differently based on their unique experiences.
What does Stranger Theory highlight?
Strangers experience hyperconsciousness of an alien culture.
What does Feminist Genre Theory interrogate?
It interrogates and subverts the dominant framework by giving voice to women in communication.
Fill in the blank: Genderlect Theory provides space for both male’s and female’s _______.
communication styles
What does Cultural Critical Studies Theory posit?
The mass media is ideological in its communicative discourse.
What is the central idea of Marxist Theory in communication?
Communication is a space for class struggle and opposition to the hegemony of the privileged class.
