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Social Language
The study of conversation and gayspeak
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an idiolect? | An individually distinctive style of speaking |
| Define "Familect" | A style of language used within a family |
| What is a sociolect? | The dialect of a particular social class |
| Define "Speech Community" | A group of people who share a set of norms and expectations regarding the use of language |
| What's the difference between active and passive speech in a speech community? | Active speech shapes the community, but passive speech goes along with the community |
| Define "Dyadic" | Relating to the number two; of a pair |
| What does density refer to? | Whether people in a network know each other |
| Define "Social Network" | A complex web of individuals who participate in social interaction with each other |
| What is an open network? | A network where lots of members have ties to members of other social networks |
| Define "Closed Network" | A network where most of the members are isolated from other social networks |
| What is multiplexity? | The complexity of the ties between individuals |
| Define "First/ Second/ Third Order Zones" | Subsequent zones consist of friends of friends |
| What do strong/weak ties refer to? | Whether people are close friends or acquaintances |
| Define "Diverging Conversations" | A conversation that's spreading apart |
| What are converging conversations? | A conversation that forms close relationship |
| Define "Prosodic" | Pertaining to the inflection in speech, often associated with emotion |
| What five things does paralinguistics deal with? | Tone, pitch, rhythm, loudness and inflection of voice |
| Define "Cant" | A private language of criminals |
| What is an argot? | A specialized set of vocabulary used by a group |
| Define "Gender Performativity" | The idea that gender, rather than a coherent component of identity incorporated through socialization, is in fact a bodily performance of discourse that exists only because people believe it is significant |
| What is Polari and what radio show popularised it? | A language variety used by some homosexuals in the twentieth century, originally used by showmen and criminals. It was popularised by "Round The Horne" |
| Define "Anti Society" | A resistant or alternative community within a larger society |
| What is a secret code? | Part of gay speak to give the homosexuals a way of protecting oneself against exposure |
| Define "Code Enabling" | Part of gay speak to give the homosexuals a way of performing multiple gay roles, such as camp speech or wide range of sexualised lexical terms |
| What is a standard gay identity? | The belief that there is only one gay identity |
| Define "Queer Theory" | A study of language and sexuality post 1990, focusing on diversity of identity |
| What is paradox? | The act of using incongruent concepts and meanings in tandem and explicit language |
| Define "Inversion" | The act of inverting a norm |
| What is ludicrism? | Characterised as "linguistic playfulness" |
| Define "Parody" | The act of amplifying aspects of identity |
| What is heteronormativity? | The belief that heterosexuality is the norm |
| Describe what the 1967 Sexual Offences Act did | It decriminalised homosexuality, provided those involved were at least 21 years of age and acts were done in private |
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