LING 300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sociolinguistics, Communicative Competence, Presupposition

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 300
• Professor: Jacqueline Peters

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Sociolinguistics 300 - study guide for quiz 5. Explanations for differences: unrecognized differences of interactional/discourse norms. Conclusion to his thoughts (bailey: communicative differences do not cause the animosity between the groups, they rather provide further reinforcement for attitudes that are based on. Cultural expectations are part of communicative competence. Can result in communication breakdown (failure to communicate in face-to-face interactions) Cultures norms used to interpret and evaluate messages. Speakers from different cultures may have different rules of communication. Difference in culture increases chance of misunderstandings. Attri(cid:271)ute to dire(cid:272)t / i(cid:374)dire(cid:272)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gs to ea(cid:272)h other"s spee(cid:272)h. Become natural through socialization and through repeated interpretation. Disagree openly about how things should be done within a certain frame. Unintentional process through which the life chances of members of social groups are diminished because of variation in cultural presupposition and rhetorical styles. Basso, 1970 (cid:862)to gi(cid:448)e up o(cid:374) (cid:449)ords (cid:863) Not speaking w/ people /w/ whom their relationships are ambiguous or uncertain.