Language And Power Flashcards
Teacher and student quotes
“First you need to concentrate (.) yes (.) now…”
“Now look did we not go over this yesterday?”
Donald Trump and Sean Hannity quotes
“For you or for me”- Trumps words
“So the fact is er we really we’re really rocking”- Trumps words
“Frustrating” “disappointing”- Hannity
What is initiation response feedback?
3 patterns of discussion between the teacher and learner
- teacher initiates, learner responds, teacher gives feedback
Who put forward IRF theory?
Coulthard and Sinclair
Who theorised face theory?
Brown and Levinson
What is face?
Public self-image of which we expect others to be aware of
What is positive face?
The desire to be connected, liked, accepted e.g greetings, compliments
What is negative face?
desire to be independent and avoid being imposed upon e.g apologies, mitigating devices
Who suggests there’s three readings for a media text in 1973?
Stuart Hall
What are the three readings by Stuart Hall?
Dominant reading- audience accepts and interprets in the way the producer intended
Negotiated readings- audience understands what text is trying to achieve but don’t relate
Oppositional readings- audience rejects text due to beliefs or experiences
What is audience positioning?
Assumptions made in a text about its readers background knowledge, understanding, attitudes etc in order to guide them towards an interpretation
WaterAid charity appeal quotes
“Will kill fourteen hundred children”
Repetition of “will”
“Imagine your child drinking dirty water knowing the next sip could kill them”
What is the context of the WaterAid charity appeal?
P-Get people to donate
L- TV
A- anyone/ specifically parents
T- charity appeal
Army quotes
“Young knights of the sky- British army compared to “blindly obedient”
“Eliminate” and “suppress”- British compared to “destroy” and “kill”
Boris Johnson Covid-19 speech
“Invisible mugger”
“Beginning to turn the tide”
