ANT253H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marcel Danesi, Markedness, Communicative Competence
Professor Marcel Danesi Jan. 24, 2017
ANT253 LECTURE 3
LANGUAGE USE/LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
***end of Chapter 1
• Methodology
• Language use
• Pragmatics
• Communicative competence
• Registers
• Identity in conversations
• Gender
• Markedness some forms of language bring in information that the others don’t have
(Ex. “Mr.” Chen); others are neutralized for equality (such as gender equality)
• Speech Communities we all form “speech communities” (living in a certain area,
learning a certain language)
Ex. Italian-Canadian
EX. NOT a “speech community” = Twitter (anyone can post anything)
• Basil Bernstein
• Restricted and elaborated codes
***beginning of Chapter 2
• Language, society, and mind language and society are closely interconnected
• Humboldt-versus-Chomsky
• Vocabulary
Ex. “spaghetti” (an Italian work) becomes English by pronunciation
• Core vocabulary and cognates
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Document Summary
***end of chapter 1: methodology, language use, pragmatics, communicative competence, registers, gender, markedness some forms of language bring in information that the others don"t have. Mr. chen); others are neutralized for equality (such as gender equality: speech communities we all form speech communities (living in a certain area, learning a certain language) Not a speech community = twitter (anyone can post anything: basil bernstein, restricted and elaborated codes. ***beginning of chapter 2: language, society, and mind language and society are closely interconnected, humboldt-versus-chomsky, vocabulary.
