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Language (The Nature of Language (Language Is Rule Governed (syntactic…

- - - - text example: chair
    - - text example: Does an American flag bring up patriots giving their lives for their country or Fourth and July parades
  - - - my experience: When I started learning English, my teacher had taught me how to structure the sentence.
    - - text example: books are for reading, bikes are for riding
    - - Reappropriation: The process by which members of a marginal group reframe the meaning of a term that has historically been used in a derogatory way
- - - - opinion statements: a statement based on the speakers beliefs
        
        text example: The climate in Portland is better than in Seattle
  - - - Example: restroom instead of toilet
  - - - my experience: to me , cooking dinner in 30 minutes is quick, but to my mom cooking dinner in 1 hour is quick enough
    - - text example: book, textbook, a communication textbook
      - abstraction ladder: A range of more-to less-abstract terms describing an event or object
      - abstract language: Language that lacks specificity or does not refer to observable behavior or other sensory data
        
        text example: "It might work"
      - behavioral description: An account that refers only to observable phenomena
- - - - linguistic relativism: The notion that language influences the way we experience the world
    - - text example: Even an imposter who sounds smart and speaks well may impress an audience
    - - text example: Children exposed to words such as fireman and businessman are less likely than other children to think that women can pursue those occupation
        
        some language emphasize gender less than others
    - - my experience: In my culture, our names often include the expectations from our parents that who we will become in the future
  - - - Convergence: Accommodating one's speaking style to another person, usually a person who is desirable or has higher status
        
        my experience: I often change my speaking style into more polite and formal when I'm talking with my parents
      - divergence: A linguistic strategy in which speakers emphasize differences between their communicative and that of others to create distance
      - linguistic intergroup bias: the tendency to label people and behaviors in terms that reflect their in group or out-group status
    - - my experience: I think is better of instructor speak with more power, since that it make me feel he knows what he is talking about