Technology & Jobs Flashcards
The study of text/job speak
Coupland
“Small talk is vital in workplaces in that it fulfils functions”
Fairclough
“Power relations between men and women in institutions”
Butler
“Poor legal writing is cluttered and uses unnecessary technical words”
Wellington
“Generalisations between genders in workplaces are not possible to do”
Jefkins
“Job advertisers encourage job seekers to believe claims”
Senders & Fryburger
“Advertisement publicly notifies informative extensions in products”
Vestergaard & Schroder
“Job advertisements are manifestations of types of discourse”
Drouin & Davis
“Text speak hinders college students to remember standard forms”
Turkoski
“Shifts from traditional to electronical communication have influenced military and civilian occupations”
Velghe & Dong
“Knowledge procedures are grounded in informal learning practices”
Ling & Baron
“There are regional differences in sent text messages”
Thurlow & Poff
“There is a number of phonetic cross cultural differences and similarities in text speak”
What was lead from the invention of new items and ideas?
Creation of more lexis and pragmatic concepts
List two advantages of using the telephone
Better audio quality and ability to hang up
How many years has technology that enables an audio conversation between two or more individuals have been available for?
Over 150 years
List nine disadvantages of using the telephone
No paralinguistics, prosodics, body language, facial expressions, rise in turn taking, interruptions, misunderstandings, quality of audio can be poor and reception can fail
What are the two biggest barriers to effective communication?
Distance and time
State an advantage and disadvantage of using Skype or video messaging
Paralinguistic features but quality of audio is still much of an issue
Which century were telegrams used throughout?
20th century
Explain what part of the 20th century did telegrams lose their purpose and why
1990s because SMS text messaging became popular
Were punctuation marks included in text messages?
No for ‘stop’ was used instead
Define “Restricted Occupational Lexis”
Specialist vocabulary that is only ever used in a specific occupation
Define “Locutionary Act”
Performance of an utterance
Define “Elocutionary Act”
Meaning of an utterance
Define “Perlocutionary Act”
Effect achieved by an utterance
Define “Indirect Speech Acts”
Speech acts intersect a little with maxims and pragmatics
What is ephemeral and what type of communication does it relate to?
Lasting a very short time and emails
Define “Papertrail”
Proof that work is complete
Define “Phatic Talk”
Small, polite and meaningless conversations
What six things lead to a rich seam of pragmatic understanding within an occupational discourse community?
Shared space, expectations, tasks, jokes, targets and culture
