Chapter 2

Question 1

What is a Narrative?

Answer 1

Organized story, report, or prepared talk that has a plot, argument, or theme.

Question 2

What is a story as an account?

Answer 2

and account has a personal spin on it.

Question 3

What are the five pieces of burkes pentad?

Answer 3

Scene (setting)
Agent (character)
Act (single event or sequences of events)
Agency (Plotline)
Purpose (outcome)

Question 4

What is the Agent: act Ratio?

Answer 4

Uses a persons character to explain there action

Question 5

What is the Scene: Act Ratio?

Answer 5

Uses a situation or cirumstances to justify there action

Question 6

What is the Scene: Agent Ratio?

Answer 6

Uses situation to explain the kinds of characters who are found there.

Question 7

What is the Scene: Agent: Act Ratio?

Answer 7

Uses a situation or circumstances to explain a persons actions.

Question 8

How do Narratives function in our society?

Answer 8

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Question 9

What do stories tell us about ourselves and others?

Answer 9

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Question 10

What is Polysemy?

Answer 10

When the same word has multiple meanings

Question 11

What is the Sapir/ Whorf Hypothesis?

Answer 11

The names that make verbal distincations also help you make conceptual distinctions. Eskimos have different names for different types of snow..

Question 12

Denotative v Connotative meaing

Answer 12

Connatative is interprative and denotative is factual

Question 13

Negation

Answer 13

When you say what something is you also say what it is not

Question 14

Naming

Answer 14

Arbitrary and natural-

Question 15

Langue

Answer 15

Formal Grammatical structure of language

Question 16

Parole

Answer 16

How people use language

Question 17

Instrumental Function of Talk

Answer 17

Gets something done or makes something happen in the relationship. Ex. Marriage Proposal

Question 18

Indexical Function of Talk

Answer 18

Indicates the nature of the relationship “Come on in and have a seat”

Question 19

Essential Function of Talk

Answer 19

Talking the relationship into being by assuming that is exists… “See you next Week”

Question 20

Hypertext and Hyperlinks

Answer 20

the idea that all of our conversations contain coded messages that an informed listener will effortlessly understand EX. Inside Joke

Question 21

immediacy

Answer 21

Essentializes the relationship in talk by linguistic inclusion EX us, we, let’s

Question 22

Facework

Answer 22

Management of peoples face. Face is there dignity or respect

Question 23

Positive face wants

Answer 23

To want to be accepted as a worth person

Question 24

Negative face wants

Answer 24

The desire to NOT want to be imposed UPON

Question 25

Low Code

Answer 25

Informal Talk

Question 26

High Code

Answer 26

Formal Talk

Question 27

Two types of accomodation and definition

Answer 27

To change your accent, rate of speech, even words used to indicate a relationship..... Convergence and divergence

Question 28

Convergence

Answer 28

to move toward theother persons style of talk to indicate a relationship

Question 29

Divergence

Answer 29

To move away from the style of speech of another to make a relational point such as dislike or superiority.