Speech Communities

Question 1

Speech Community

Answer 1

group of people who share a common language and a common understanding of rules and norms that guide members of the group in speech and interpretation activities

Question 2

speech code

Answer 2

systematically constructed symbols and meanings, premises, and rules pertaining to communicative conduct

Question 3

communication rules

Answer 3

regular patterns in the use of interpretation of communication within particular groups

Question 4

misunderstandings

Answer 4

often occur when a member of one speech community communicates with a member from another speech community
-men conform to one set of speech rules while women conform to another

Question 5

critical assessment of speech community theory

Answer 5

-groups are not homogenous through out: mens speech and women’s speech may foster gender stereotypes