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Structure of English
Chapter 4 Notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Speech Community | A community sharing rules for the conduct and interpretation of speech. A speech community may have more than one language. |
| Face | the image of oneself that a speaker presents to others. |
| Negative Face | the desire to be left alone, to act as we please. |
| Positive Face | building someone's ego, desire to be liked. |
| Negative Face Aspects | Apologies |
| Positive Face Aspects | Compliments/Showing Interest |
| Politeness | Building into your request ways out for the hearer. You allow them to refuse the favor you're asking. |
| FN | First Name |
| TLN | Title, Last Name |
| Language Contact | Majority of people in the world are in a situation of ____ ____, speaks more than one language. |
| Disglossia | When the bilingual situation extends to an entire community. |
| Compound Bilingual vs. Coordinate Bilingual | 1) Two words but one unified meaning for a concept. 2) slightly different mental representations for the two individual words. |
| Balanced Bilingualism | Controversial issue, whether there exists speakers who are equally fluent in two or more languages |
| Code Switching | the alteration between two different languages, dialects or styles within one sentence or indeed within a conversation. |
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