Chapter 2 Notes:

– Langue: formal grammar , Parole: informal usage
– usage based on degrees of familiarity, relational assumptions, strict rules
– Where do we use them? Why? (26)
– Which is more likely “low code” and “high code”? (40)
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– Polysemy: multiple meanings for the same word
– determinants of intended meaning: context, interpretation (ambiguity), relationship
– When can this run into problems for us? (27)

– 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.
– Do you agree?? why or why not?(29)

– Meanings:
– Denotative: blatant identification (literal)
– Connotative: implied (relational- ambiguous)
– Which is better? More social? (30)

– 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
– How does hypertexting relate to the indexical function?
– What is your impression of the “face” analogy (40)??

– -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
– Why would we do either of these methods?

– Narratives: organized story
– Burke's Pentad: scene (where), agent (who), act (what happened), agency (how it happened), purpose (why, to what end: outcome)
– Where do narratives occur? In society? What affects can they have?
– What does culture, relationships, and context have to do with narratives?
– How do narratives relate to accounts? (42-46)