LING 2P72 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Paralanguage, Cooperative Principle, Pragmatics
15 Jan 2016
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Chinese singaporeans often signal ethnic background with linguistic tags such as the expressive la . Plays major roll in how individuals experience and structure their social worlds. Variety of language associated with particular ethnic group. Omission of the verb be (he a teacher) Distinct meanings of be (she be at school) Multiple negation and english may lower socioeconomic groups (regardless. As members of working class, patterns of relationships suggest they use vernacular most: Not part of close knit male network of area/uses fewer. Sandy lives on edge of area works in civil service, from southern ireland, he sees. Density: whether members of person"s network are in touch with each other. Plexity: measures of different transactions show people are involved with different individuals once a week tennis with workmate. Communities of practice and construction of social identity. Multiplex involves interactions with others along several dimensions play. Uniplex relationship is with one person in only one area play sport only.
