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Language (The Impact of Language (Power and Politeness (Powerless language…
Language
The Impact of Language
Naming and Identity
Affiliation
Power and Politeness
Powerless language
indirect word choices
Powerful language
direct and forceful word choices
Politeness
save face for both senders and receivers
Sexism and Racism
Sexist Language
diminish either sex
Racist language
reflects worldview and racial groups
Precision and Vagueness
Ambiguous Language
more than one common definition
Abstraction
Abstraction ladder
shows various levels of abstraction
The Nature of Language
Language is symbolic
Language is rule-governed
Phonological rules
Sounds combined to form words
Syntactic rules
the way symbols can be rearranged
Semantic Rules
meanings of statements
Pragmatic rules
what use of message is apropriate
Language is Subjective
If everyone followed the rules there would be less misunderstandings communication
Language and Worldveiw
Linguistic Relativity
reflects and shapes worldviews of people that use it
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Different for all cultures
Gender and Language
Scientific Differences
Minor Differences
Social Media and Language
Online Language and Impression Management
Online Language and Gender