COMM 1025 Lecture Notes - Beer Pong, Darty, Spoken Language
Document Summary
People who speak different languages think differently. Different language leads us to accept/have faith in science. Functions of specialized language forms (such as slang): defining social identity, reflecting social reality/experience. College slang: darty, post-game, pre-game, pre, post, beer pong, to gas me up . Slang from west coast is different from the east coast. Words used like a code to represent other thing practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place thing. Taboo: social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular. Jargon: special words or expressions that are used by particular profession or group. Dialect: particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region/social group. Argot: the jargon or slang of a particular group or class are difficult for others to understand. Language use in specific contexts for specific purposes. How we use language in specific contexts for specific purposes, in real life context, make sense of things but using rules.
