Language And Occupation Flashcards
What is the meaning of occupation?
A person’s job,profession or employment
Who argues that occupation is another aspect of our identity that we perform through our language?
Judith Butler
What is the meaning of jargon/restricted lexis ?
Words specific to a workplace
What is the Mc Donald’s Jargon like?
For 16yr olds,accessible
What are some examples of British legal lexis Jargon?
Vior dire-say what you see
Prima facie-on the face of it
Why does British legal terms,the law, have a lot of specialist terminology?
1)There is a big shift in prestige language but once it’s written in law it doesn’t change
2)need for precision
Give 2 examples of American military lexis
Jar head=marine”empty head”
Rain locker=shower
Which type of people live in closed networks
The American military
Give examples of medical jargon
CTF=circle the drain(dying)
GPO=good for parts only(organs okay but person practically dead)
NFR=normal for rochdale
What does semantically restricted specialist lexis mean?
Normal words with a specialist meaning
Give an example of semantically restricted specialist lexis
Bench to some people may just be a place you sit on but a bench in the industry of fitness is different
semantically restricted specialist lexis:give an example of a word that has a ordinary English usage and a medical definition.
Flu=slight ill,medically=highly contagious disease
Paranoid=worried about certain people,medically=psychosis,delusions
What is the meaning of acronyms and initialisms?
Words made up from the initial letters of other words
Give some examples of acronyms and initialisms(medical).
AIDS-acquired immune deficiency syndrome
HIV-human immune deficiency virus
Give some examples of acronyms and initialisms(education).
GSCE-general certificate school exam
EBD-education behavioral difficulty
NEET-not education trainee/employee
What are service encounters?
ritualised and transactional conversations that are so predictable, sometimes it’s scripted
When are service encounters used and give an example
in restaurants or shops the workers use ‘negotiations of service’ like ‘Anything else?’
What are discourse communities
when a group of people are familiar and can recognise the structure of a text like a recipe, they are part of the discourse community
When do face needs become the most relevant in a work place
when a low status person goes beyond their role for the high status person
when are face needs relevant in the work place
-ve face=being made to do things by your boss but you don’t really want to do them
+ve face=getting improvements and feedback on your performance at work
what does asymmetrical conversation mean
unequal or high status speaker with a low status speaker
what does workplace conversations tend to be
-goal oriented
-must be allowable contributions agreed by everyone
