Technology & Jobs

Question 1

Coupland

Answer 1

“Small talk is vital in workplaces in that it fulfils functions”

Question 2

Fairclough

Answer 2

“Power relations between men and women in institutions”

Question 3

Butler

Answer 3

“Poor legal writing is cluttered and uses unnecessary technical words”

Question 4

Wellington

Answer 4

“Generalisations between genders in workplaces are not possible to do”

Question 5

Jefkins

Answer 5

“Job advertisers encourage job seekers to believe claims”

Question 6

Senders & Fryburger

Answer 6

“Advertisement publicly notifies informative extensions in products”

Question 7

Vestergaard & Schroder

Answer 7

“Job advertisements are manifestations of types of discourse”

Question 8

Drouin & Davis

Answer 8

“Text speak hinders college students to remember standard forms”

Question 9

Turkoski

Answer 9

“Shifts from traditional to electronical communication have influenced military and civilian occupations”

Question 10

Velghe & Dong

Answer 10

“Knowledge procedures are grounded in informal learning practices”

Question 11

Ling & Baron

Answer 11

“There are regional differences in sent text messages”

Question 12

Thurlow & Poff

Answer 12

“There is a number of phonetic cross cultural differences and similarities in text speak”

Question 13

What was lead from the invention of new items and ideas?

Answer 13

Creation of more lexis and pragmatic concepts

Question 14

List two advantages of using the telephone

Answer 14

Better audio quality and ability to hang up

Question 15

How many years has technology that enables an audio conversation between two or more individuals have been available for?

Answer 15

Over 150 years

Question 16

List nine disadvantages of using the telephone

Answer 16

No paralinguistics, prosodics, body language, facial expressions, rise in turn taking, interruptions, misunderstandings, quality of audio can be poor and reception can fail

Question 17

What are the two biggest barriers to effective communication?

Answer 17

Distance and time

Question 18

State an advantage and disadvantage of using Skype or video messaging

Answer 18

Paralinguistic features but quality of audio is still much of an issue

Question 19

Which century were telegrams used throughout?

Answer 19

20th century

Question 20

Explain what part of the 20th century did telegrams lose their purpose and why

Answer 20

1990s because SMS text messaging became popular

Question 21

Were punctuation marks included in text messages?

Answer 21

No for ‘stop’ was used instead

Question 22

Define “Restricted Occupational Lexis”

Answer 22

Specialist vocabulary that is only ever used in a specific occupation

Question 23

Define “Locutionary Act”

Answer 23

Performance of an utterance

Question 24

Define “Elocutionary Act”

Answer 24

Meaning of an utterance

Question 25

Define “Perlocutionary Act”

Answer 25

Effect achieved by an utterance

Question 26

Define “Indirect Speech Acts”

Answer 26

Speech acts intersect a little with maxims and pragmatics

Question 27

What is ephemeral and what type of communication does it relate to?

Answer 27

Lasting a very short time and emails

Question 28

Define “Papertrail”

Answer 28

Proof that work is complete

Question 29

Define “Phatic Talk”

Answer 29

Small, polite and meaningless conversations

Question 30

What six things lead to a rich seam of pragmatic understanding within an occupational discourse community?

Answer 30

Shared space, expectations, tasks, jokes, targets and culture