Language diversity and change- Key concepts
Power and occupation convergence vs divergence: Convergence is
changing your speech to resemble those
around you, divergence is using language
Key Terminology to distance yourself from others. For
Tenor- the relationship between example, you might converge your
two speakers language in a job interview to sound
Jargon- language used which is similar to the person hiring you and a
specific to a certain area group of teenagers may diverge their
Phatic conversation- speech to distance themselves from adults
conversation which fulfils a around them and enact their identity.
social function (e.g “how are Deontic vs epistemic modality: Epistemic
you?”) modality expresses a degree of probability
Legalese- the language in law and or certainty (e.g. may, could). Deontic
legal texts (often not understood modality expresses a degree of necessity
by people who aren’t lawyers) (e.g. much, need)
Mitigation- using language to Power asymmetry: when people in a
reduce the seriousness of what’s conversation have different amounts of
being said (e.g. hedging and power.
polite forms) Synthetic personalisation: addressing an
Hierarchy- the structure of power audience as individuals by using second
in an institution person pronouns, “you”.
Stuvia: enfregeo (French, Geography and English A-level revision resources)
Power and occupation convergence vs divergence: Convergence is
changing your speech to resemble those
around you, divergence is using language
Key Terminology to distance yourself from others. For
Tenor- the relationship between example, you might converge your
two speakers language in a job interview to sound
Jargon- language used which is similar to the person hiring you and a
specific to a certain area group of teenagers may diverge their
Phatic conversation- speech to distance themselves from adults
conversation which fulfils a around them and enact their identity.
social function (e.g “how are Deontic vs epistemic modality: Epistemic
you?”) modality expresses a degree of probability
Legalese- the language in law and or certainty (e.g. may, could). Deontic
legal texts (often not understood modality expresses a degree of necessity
by people who aren’t lawyers) (e.g. much, need)
Mitigation- using language to Power asymmetry: when people in a
reduce the seriousness of what’s conversation have different amounts of
being said (e.g. hedging and power.
polite forms) Synthetic personalisation: addressing an
Hierarchy- the structure of power audience as individuals by using second
in an institution person pronouns, “you”.
Stuvia: enfregeo (French, Geography and English A-level revision resources)
