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Technology and Jobs
The study of jobs and technology in language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The invention of new items and ideas inherently lead to what? | A creation of more lexis and pragmatic concepts |
| List two advantages of using a telephone | Slightly better audio quality and you have the ability to hang up at any point if the conversation becomes uncomforting |
| How many years has technology that enables an audio conversation between two or more individuals have been available for? | Over 150 years |
| List nine disadvantages of using a telephone | No paralinguistic communication, no prosodic communication, lack of body language, lack of facial expressions, turn taking, interruptions, misunderstandings, quality of audio can be poor and reception could fail |
| What are the two biggest barriers to effective communication? | Distance and time |
| State an advantage and disadvantage of using Skype or video messaging | Paralinguistic features can be observed but quality of audio is still as much of an issue |
| Which century were telegrams used throughout? | 20th century |
| Explain what part of the 20th century did telegrams lose their purpose and why | 1990s because SMS text messaging became popular |
| Were punctuation marks included in text messages? | No, for "stop" was used instead at the end of the sentence |
| Define "Restricted Occupational Lexis" | Specialist vocabulary that is only ever used in a specific occupation |
| What is a locutionary act? | The performance of an utterance and its meaning |
| Define "Illocutionary Act" | The intended meaning of the utterance or the conventional force that an utterance is understood to have |
| What is a perlocutionary act? | The effect achieved by an utterance on the hearer |
| Define "Indirect Speech Acts" | Where speech acts intersect a little with Paul Grice's maxims and with other aspects of pragmatics. It is highly context dependent: the listener has to infer that a speech act has occurred |
| What is ephemeral and what type of communication does it relate to? | Lasting a very short time and emails |
| Define "Papertrail" | Proof that work is complete |
| The nature of a job and the shared knowledge and understanding mean that an occupational discourse community has what? | An extremely strong pragmatic cohesion |
| Define "Phatic talk" | Small, polite and meaningless conversations |
| What six things lead to a rich seam of pragmatic understanding within an occupational discourse community? | Shared space, expectations, tasks, jokes, targets and culture |
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