chapter 2

Chapter 2 Study Guide
Chapter 2 Notes:

Langue: formal grammar , Parole: informal usage
usage based on degrees of familiarity, relational assumptions, strict rules
Polysemy: multiple meanings for the same word
determinants of intended meaning: context, interpretation (ambiguity), relationship
Frames:
Naming: distinguishes- contrasts, random (arbitrary- not intrinsically connected0
Sapir/ Whorf hypothesis: “you think what you can say”, verbal comm makes conceptual distinctions. Naming labels and distinguishes.
Meanings:
Denotative: blatant identification (literal)
Connotative: implied (relational- ambiguous)
Presentation: subjective perspective or version, Representation: objective factual information
How do these portrayals appear in society? Which is an “account”? Why? (35/45)


Talk in relationships:
instrumental function: to make something happen in the relationship
indexical function: indicate something about the relationship (hypertext)
essential function: creating relationship and defining it

-Accomodation: adapting your speech to your audience to gain or confirm a connection
Convergence: moving toward the style of talk of the respondent
Divergence: moving away from the style of talk of the respondent
Narratives: organized story
Burke's Pentad: scene (where), agent (who), act (what happened), agency (how it happened), purpose (why, to what end: outcome)