Gender Speech Communities Christina McGruder Grantham University I think it’s safe to say that men and women are different in so many ways. We act differently‚ look different‚ and we communicate differently. These differences can cause conflicts from time to time which often lead to a misunderstanding. For communication between men and women‚ we must recognize the differences between male and female communication styles. In my paper‚ I will be discussing the different communication
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The Human Language Psycho-Sociolinguistics November 22‚ 2012 Abstract This research paper will focus on the human language. Human language is extremely significant for all peoples. My main topic for this paper is how we use and develop language‚ the production of language‚ language acquisition and the importance of the critical period. Chomsky‚ Skinner‚ and Whorf all had various theories on language but all had one major thing in common‚ which was the significance
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Reading Response 5 What is a discourse community? To be completely honest‚ I have never actually heard of a discourse community before I read this article‚ so this is quite new to me. According to John Swales‚ a respected written communication analyst‚ a discourse community is described as a group of people that have the same goals or purposes‚ and use communication to achieve these goals. In addition‚ “A discourse operates within conventions defined by communities‚ be they academic disciplines or social
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face meeting or through social media‚ like TV. TV has been influencing people’s speech in the term of their lexicon‚ by airing some shows‚ which expose many new terms. In this case‚ those shows involve influencing characters to spread the new terms. The influence is not only caused by their good look‚ but also from their typical lexicons that they use in their shows. Such influence is easy to make a change in the speech specially those‚ who watch and admire the characters fervently‚ the teenagers.
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to persuade his audience that hate speech does not exist. (Louder with Crowder) From my own experience in the United States‚ I believe the opinion to be remarkably unpopular which may even lead towards trouble and sanctions within academia. This leads me to believe that the opinion is thought provoking which is an idea that many disapprove but is different from the current norm. The podcaster’s structure is based on providing the definition of the hate speech‚ he then transitions towards to how
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary a speech community is defined as a socially distinct group that develops a dialect; a variety of language that diverges from the national language in vocabulary‚ pronunciation‚ and grammar. Gumperz‚ Dorian‚ Fishman‚ Labov‚ Hymes‚ and Corder helped define a speech community. This essay will touch on the basis of multiple aspects of a speech community depending on their similarities and differences as well as how the concepts of these speech communities relate to such articles
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Speech Communities Language is both an individual possession and a social possession. We would expect‚ therefore‚ that certain individuals would behave linguistically like other individuals: they might be said to speak the same language or the same dialect or the same variety‚ i.e.‚ to employ the same code‚ and in that respect to be members of the same speech community‚ a term probably derived from the German Sprachgemeinschaft. Indeed‚ much work in sociolinguistics is based on the assumption that
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Barrett Rogers ANT 1013.005 Dr. Robert J. Hard March 29‚ 2005 Speech Community Contribution There is an infinite amount of chat rooms available on the internet and each one can be defined as its own speech community. I have chosen to analyze a chat room that is devoted to the hit Fox reality show‚ American Idol. The transcript used was from a chat session that occurred at 10:00 PM on March 27‚ 2005. This online chat room seemed to be the source of a continuous flow of opinionated statements
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or what we commonly call ‘communities’. The term ‘community’ can be defined as a sense of belonging and the collective feeling of mattering to one another in a group setting‚ and within this setting have the shared faith that each persons’ needs will be met through their commitment to be together (McMillan & Chavis‚ 1986 p. 9). The reason we work together is because we need
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between two or more codified dialects that are used in the same speech community under different circumstances. Diglossia is categorised into two important hallmarks‚ the (H) high function which is seen as the superior dialect that is based on a grammatical system. It is formalised of rules‚ hence allowing thoughts and ideas to be expressed logically. However‚ the (L) function is connected to the standardised language of the speech community. It is used to express ideas and feelings close to one’s thoughts
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