COMM 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Eye Contact, Turkish Coffee, Lingua Franca

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2303
• Professor: Margaret Williams

Document Summary

Language can be lost and returned over time. Certain patterns of speech are often lost over generations. Lost languages can be brought back through research efforts and technology. The media and communication technology impact language usage. It is debated whether this impact is positive or negative. Lingua franca is the common language used in between people who speak different languages e. g. a class of international students all speaking english. Defining cultural space: cultural spa(cid:272)e is the (cid:862)so(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ultural (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)ts i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h our ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) for(cid:373)s pp where we grow up a(cid:374)d (cid:449)here (cid:449)e li(cid:448)e(cid:863) (cid:894)p. (cid:1006)7(cid:1008)(cid:895, cultural identity and cultural space can be: Home we create a great deal of our identity based on our home. A neighbourhood neighbourhoods create senses of cultural identity and community, they can either be places of conflict, or of security. A region people identify with the region of the united states that they are from: cultural space can be changed through travel or migration.