CMST 2010 Chapter : Unit 3-Fall 2013
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Cal state fullerton who has done work of facework: facework: refers to any communication behavior that works to save our face or someone else"s face. I"m sorry if i"m embarrassed you can be a fta: it brings back sense of embarrassment, scholar who has spent a lot of life doing research. Culture can determine what is considered a face threatening act. When you commit fta, you might be perceived by others to act in certain way. Lexical: dictionary definition of word: emphasizes social construction of word, shared consensus of what word means. Semantics: structures of units of meaning in language with focus on sentences: dealing with meaning and language in sentences, each word has its own meaning, arranged in syntax has certain meaning, syntax: structure:: semantics: meaning. When people use language to provides goal, they use styles of language. Howie giles: speech accommodation theory (conversational management, giles noticed people would have very strong accent patterns in.
