Language and Occupation Flashcards
(21 cards)
What are Wareing’s power types? (1999)
Political: Held by authority figures
Personal: Power based on someone’s role in society
Social: Power held by a group of people due to certain social factors, ethnicity, age, class, gender.
Who coined the theory institutional communication?
Drew and Heritage
What are the key features of institutional communication?
Asymmetry: Power imbalance in conversation where one participant has more control than the other
Goal Orientation: Workplace interactions are focused on achieving a specific institutional goal
Constraints: Workplace communication is shaped by rules, expectations, or restrictions
What is Koester’s theory of Phatic communication?
Phatic talk as important to getting jobs done - solidarity is an important dynamic in the workplace
Restricted Code/Occupational Jargon
Language only used in a specific line on work which requires context to understand for a non-expert
Discourse Structure
The way lexis is structured for cohesion
Discourse Community
Individuals that share a common interest or common goals
Inferential Frameworks
A shared understanding between those in discourse community to interpret implicit meanings in communications
Asymmetrical Discourse
When there is a power imbalance in a conversation
Solidarity
A bond of unity with individuals that are working towards a common goal
Nexus
A connected series or group
Legalese
Legalese is a specialized form of language used in legal documents and by legal professionals often derived from Latin
What is an example of Latin legalese?
“Tort” from “Tortum” meaning a wrongful act that leads to legal liability
Occupational Lexis
General lexis and idiomatic that has a specific purpose in occupational contexts
What is an example of an occupational idiom?
Knocking it out of the park
Researcher Michael Nelson compared business corpus and general corpus from Manchester University’s business course to investigate if there is such thing a business lexis. What were his findings?
He found that there was a “semantic field of business” of business people, companies and money
Nelson also found fewer lexemes relating to negative states
This means deep and profound feeling were discussed significantly less in the workplace
Locutionary Act
The act of producing sounds or words that convey meaning in communication
Illocutionary Act
The actual meaning and intention of the utterances
Perlocutionary Act
the effect that a speaker’s utterance has on the listener
What is John Swales (2011) definition of a discourse community?
Share a set of common goals
Communicate internally
Use specialist lexis and discourse
Possess a required level of knowledge and skill to be considered eligible to participate in the community.
