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Language (Troublesome (Slang: language used by a group of people whose…
Language
Troublesome
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Relative words: gain their meaning by comparison, context
Examples from text: big and small, fast and slow, smart and stupid, short and long
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Slang: language used by a group of people whose members belong to a similar group or culture
Jargon: the specialized vocab that functions as a kind of short hand for people with common background and experience
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abstract ladder
- Wo is involved?
- What are the circumstances for the behavior?
3.What are the behaviors?
An example from my life that really frustrated me was an interaction with my mom. I have a little brother that is named Jacob and my mom is the only one who calls him "Jake". One of my best friends is named Jake. My mom and I got them mixed up and it made me very mad
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Status: accent, rate of speech age choice of words
Sexism: many people refer to everybody as "mankind" or things that are not organic as "manmade" when there are so many other words that could replace those
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Nature
Definition of language: a collection f symbols governed by rules and used to convey messages between individuals
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Rules
Phonological rules decide how words are pronounced
- Example from text: I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.
same spelling but 2 different meanings
Syntactic rules decide the structure of language
- Example from text: having vowels in every word
Texting and direct messaging have created its own syntax with a shorter language that you have to adjust to
Semantic rules deal with the meaning of words
- this is very important because if this wasn't there then words could mean anything to anyone. There would be no language
Pragmatic rulesdecide how people use language with interaction
- how you talk to certain people
- the right time to use certain phrases
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