The language web is about the way people speak and the informality of a language. It also talks about how are society has come to talking differently, for example speaking less slang. People use "so sick" this means "it's great". This shows how society uses a more informal language than before.
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Half Term Homework - As English
Mode - What is it? Text type, for example email, letter.
Tenor - Who produced it? Relationship between the writer and reader (status). For example, Dear Sir, Madam. [Tenor involves] the relationships between participants in the situation, their roles and status.
Field - What is it about? Topic, for example Mr Flynn is an apology letter.
Function - Why? Purpose, for example entertain, inform, advice,describe and persuade.
Affect on language use
Mode - Mode may affect the language use by the word 'grammar'. This will affect the language because people adjust the tone of their language to suit the situation they are in. For example in Mr Flynn's situation it is fairly high degree of formality, as it is a apology for being in a women's room late at night.
Tenor - Tenor may affect the language use by the word 'tone'. The word tone is often used to describe the degree of formality or the kind of language chosen. The relationship between the speaker or writer and the listener(s) or reader(s) has a shorthand term: the addresser-addressee relationship.
Field - Field may affect the language use by the topic.
Function - Function may affect the language use because it needs to have a purpose, in order to achieve the function.
Key terms
Field = topic
Tenor = relationship between the writer and reader
Mode = text type
Function = purpose
Idiolect = personal language
Unspoken subtext = meaning underneath
Subtext = underline meaning
Phonology = the sounds of language
Lexis = choice of words
Graphology = visual marks on the pages
Grammar = sentence structure
Morphology = word structure
Discourse = structure of the whole text
Semantics = the relationship between words and meanings
Formality = the way people adjust the tone of their language to suit the situation they are in
Pragmatics = Underline meaning of what someone thinks
Bonus points - explanation on how to answer question 2 of the exam
Band 3 responses: would be expected to use the framework to enhance analysis of the contextual factors, top band students could well focus on the mode and tenor. The points made should be insightful with clear examples used to illustrate. [Analyses and evaluates the influence of a range of contextual factors, including awareness of complex purposes and addresser addressee relationship.
Tenor - Who produced it? Relationship between the writer and reader (status). For example, Dear Sir, Madam. [Tenor involves] the relationships between participants in the situation, their roles and status.
Field - What is it about? Topic, for example Mr Flynn is an apology letter.
Function - Why? Purpose, for example entertain, inform, advice,describe and persuade.
Affect on language use
Mode - Mode may affect the language use by the word 'grammar'. This will affect the language because people adjust the tone of their language to suit the situation they are in. For example in Mr Flynn's situation it is fairly high degree of formality, as it is a apology for being in a women's room late at night.
Tenor - Tenor may affect the language use by the word 'tone'. The word tone is often used to describe the degree of formality or the kind of language chosen. The relationship between the speaker or writer and the listener(s) or reader(s) has a shorthand term: the addresser-addressee relationship.
Field - Field may affect the language use by the topic.
Function - Function may affect the language use because it needs to have a purpose, in order to achieve the function.
Key terms
Field = topic
Tenor = relationship between the writer and reader
Mode = text type
Function = purpose
Idiolect = personal language
Unspoken subtext = meaning underneath
Subtext = underline meaning
Phonology = the sounds of language
Lexis = choice of words
Graphology = visual marks on the pages
Grammar = sentence structure
Morphology = word structure
Discourse = structure of the whole text
Semantics = the relationship between words and meanings
Formality = the way people adjust the tone of their language to suit the situation they are in
Pragmatics = Underline meaning of what someone thinks
Bonus points - explanation on how to answer question 2 of the exam
Band 3 responses: would be expected to use the framework to enhance analysis of the contextual factors, top band students could well focus on the mode and tenor. The points made should be insightful with clear examples used to illustrate. [Analyses and evaluates the influence of a range of contextual factors, including awareness of complex purposes and addresser addressee relationship.
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Activity 19
a) What do you think the function is?
The purpose of this extract is to persuade. This extract implies that people all around the world spend so much money on little things. This also shows how people feel about something they really want.
B) When you read to the end of the text, what do you think the function is?
I think the function is still to persuade but it's also informing (Liberia). The extract describes the teenage girls as 'country's bloody civil war' to make the teenage girls sound desperate for a pair of fashionable shoes. The phrase 'explore the world' could suggest that people all around the world want their hands on these fashionable shoes.
C) Do you think it is effective? How would it achieve its purpose and for whom?
I think this extract is effective because it shows how teenage girls feel about certain things. The extract would achieve its purpose because it makes people think before they buy expensive stuff.
2).
The purpose of this text is to inform. The use of short sentences suggests how important this extract is and how it gets straight to the point "stilettos...save up?...kill for them?...explore the world". The audience is educated, middle- class people who have money. You can see this from credit cards and expensive shoes from a high-class shop. The use of interrogative sentence structures makes the audience re-read the whole extract again. The use of the structure in this extract is effective because it's short and snappy and makes the audience carry on reading.
The purpose of this extract is to persuade. This extract implies that people all around the world spend so much money on little things. This also shows how people feel about something they really want.
B) When you read to the end of the text, what do you think the function is?
I think the function is still to persuade but it's also informing (Liberia). The extract describes the teenage girls as 'country's bloody civil war' to make the teenage girls sound desperate for a pair of fashionable shoes. The phrase 'explore the world' could suggest that people all around the world want their hands on these fashionable shoes.
C) Do you think it is effective? How would it achieve its purpose and for whom?
I think this extract is effective because it shows how teenage girls feel about certain things. The extract would achieve its purpose because it makes people think before they buy expensive stuff.
2).
The purpose of this text is to inform. The use of short sentences suggests how important this extract is and how it gets straight to the point "stilettos...save up?...kill for them?...explore the world". The audience is educated, middle- class people who have money. You can see this from credit cards and expensive shoes from a high-class shop. The use of interrogative sentence structures makes the audience re-read the whole extract again. The use of the structure in this extract is effective because it's short and snappy and makes the audience carry on reading.
Friday, 4 October 2013
Dramatic Monologue
Dear Bill:
I didn't make any sandwiches for you. because I didn't want to
You need to make one yourself. like you do for others
On the stove is the tea-pot but-
not enough tea leaves for you to make tea you need to buy some
There is plenty of bread in the bread-box and butter and eggs. I poisoned them all
Your work mate- kept on calling you.. I wish you could spend more time with me
Goodbye. Floss. bye forever
I didn't make any sandwiches for you. because I didn't want to
You need to make one yourself. like you do for others
On the stove is the tea-pot but-
not enough tea leaves for you to make tea you need to buy some
There is plenty of bread in the bread-box and butter and eggs. I poisoned them all
Your work mate- kept on calling you.. I wish you could spend more time with me
Goodbye. Floss. bye forever
Activity 40
Extract A- the main character is a women who has done something wrong and it is affecting her future.
Extract B- the main character is a women who wants to become a doctor but doesn't have enough qualifications.
Extract C- this is about a doctor who's working in a overcrowded surgery and it's very busy. You can see this from the use of ellipsis and short sentences.
Extract D- a doctor who has a positive look of life.
Extract E- perspective of the doctors wife as she believes that the patients go first and she's left alone.
Extract F- this is from the perspective of the patient who visits the doctors often. You can see this from "it's becoming more like my local church than a doctors surgery".
Extract G- this is about a independent receptionist who wants to have a home visit but the doctor can't come due to him being ill. The underline meaning could be that patients excuses are silly.
I think extract B (a women who wants to become a doctor but doesn't have enough qualifications) has the most effective opening because the main character gets straight to the point.
Extract B- the main character is a women who wants to become a doctor but doesn't have enough qualifications.
Extract C- this is about a doctor who's working in a overcrowded surgery and it's very busy. You can see this from the use of ellipsis and short sentences.
Extract D- a doctor who has a positive look of life.
Extract E- perspective of the doctors wife as she believes that the patients go first and she's left alone.
Extract F- this is from the perspective of the patient who visits the doctors often. You can see this from "it's becoming more like my local church than a doctors surgery".
Extract G- this is about a independent receptionist who wants to have a home visit but the doctor can't come due to him being ill. The underline meaning could be that patients excuses are silly.
I think extract B (a women who wants to become a doctor but doesn't have enough qualifications) has the most effective opening because the main character gets straight to the point.
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Plain English Campaign
I think the Plain English Campaign is aimed at the people who have bad speaking and writing skills. This is shown by the sub-heading 'Fighting for crystal-clear communication since 1979'. For example, at a University interview you may use 'jargon' because this will make you sound more cleaver due to using complicated language.
Overall, I think that the Plain English Campaign shows us that writing and speaking is really important within the society.
Overall, I think that the Plain English Campaign shows us that writing and speaking is really important within the society.
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Keywords and Definitions
Locution - Literal Sense. "A child asks their mother 'Can i go out to play?' The response is..."
Example: Locution - "It's raining" Illocution - "You can't go out" Perlocution - "I am not allowed to play out".
Illocution - Implied Meaning. Example: (Implied Meaning) "You get the phone" - "You can't go out" - It's you, It's not me".
Pragmatics - ' The practical ability to use language in a social setting and changing social situations. Knowing what is appropriate to say, where and when to say it; and the give and take nature of conversation. ' Underline meaning of what someone thinks.
Phatic Language - Small talk and fillers.
Cultural Assumptions - Most Pragmatic assumptions rely on Cultural assumptions. A person from another country or culture may not understand things that we know.
Illocution - Implied Meaning. Example: (Implied Meaning) "You get the phone" - "You can't go out" - It's you, It's not me".
Pragmatics - ' The practical ability to use language in a social setting and changing social situations. Knowing what is appropriate to say, where and when to say it; and the give and take nature of conversation. ' Underline meaning of what someone thinks.
Phatic Language - Small talk and fillers.
Formality - The way people speak and the tone that they use.
Deixis - Word that refers to something else (point).
Pronoun - A word used in place of a noun e.g he, her, his, them, it, out, they, we and you.
Context Dependent - When you need to know the context to understand it.
Deixis - Word that refers to something else (point).
Pronoun - A word used in place of a noun e.g he, her, his, them, it, out, they, we and you.
Context Dependent - When you need to know the context to understand it.
Context Independent - When theres a information and everyone can understand the context.
Cultural Assumptions - Most Pragmatic assumptions rely on Cultural assumptions. A person from another country or culture may not understand things that we know.
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Conversation
C: "Seds, shall we go cinema tomoz? xx"
S: "Hey ceyds, I don't know because I have a lot of homework to do and its due on Monday xx"
C: " Me too but I thought we could have a relaxing day tomoz and do all homework on sunday xx"
S: "I will ask my mum xx"
C: "Tamam seds xx let me know before tomorrow though ok? x"
S: "okay xxx"
*20 minutes later*
S: "My mum said I can come and after you can come to my house and we can do our work together xx"
C: "yay! okay :) xxxx"
S: "Do you wanna stay for dinner too? xx"
C: "yeah okay :) xx"
S: " :D okay we can eat Turkish food ;D xx"
C: "Hahahaha, okay :) what movie should we watch? not one direction ;)"
S: " why hahahaha awww :("
C: "Bc you already watched it!!"
S: "Fine! lets watch white house down?"
C: "I already watched that :("
S: "Ohh :( about time?"
C: "Okay :DD tomorrow 12:00?"
S: "Wait lets check cinema times first x"
C: "Okay"
*10 minutes later*
C: "About time is playing at 1:00 tomorrow so lets meet up at 12:00? xx"
S: "Okay, I will see you tomorrow, goodnight xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
C: "goodnight seds xxxxxxxxxx"
S: "Hey ceyds, I don't know because I have a lot of homework to do and its due on Monday xx"
C: " Me too but I thought we could have a relaxing day tomoz and do all homework on sunday xx"
S: "I will ask my mum xx"
C: "Tamam seds xx let me know before tomorrow though ok? x"
S: "okay xxx"
*20 minutes later*
S: "My mum said I can come and after you can come to my house and we can do our work together xx"
C: "yay! okay :) xxxx"
S: "Do you wanna stay for dinner too? xx"
C: "yeah okay :) xx"
S: " :D okay we can eat Turkish food ;D xx"
C: "Hahahaha, okay :) what movie should we watch? not one direction ;)"
S: " why hahahaha awww :("
C: "Bc you already watched it!!"
S: "Fine! lets watch white house down?"
C: "I already watched that :("
S: "Ohh :( about time?"
C: "Okay :DD tomorrow 12:00?"
S: "Wait lets check cinema times first x"
C: "Okay"
*10 minutes later*
C: "About time is playing at 1:00 tomorrow so lets meet up at 12:00? xx"
S: "Okay, I will see you tomorrow, goodnight xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
C: "goodnight seds xxxxxxxxxx"
Terminology
Pragmatics - ' The practical ability to use language in a social setting and changing social situations. Knowing what is appropiate to say, where and when to say it; and the give and take nature of conversation. ' Underline meaning of what someone thinks.
Speech Act Theory - Speech Act Theory contains Locution, Illocution and perlocution.
Example:
Speaker A: Mary's invited us to lunch. Do you wanna go?
Speaker B: Sure. [ I'm not busy right now. [ Why not?
Speaker A: [ Good [ I'll come by in about thirty minutes
Speaker B: Think we oughta bring [ anything?
Speaker A: [ No, but i'll bring some wine anyway.
Locution - Literal Sense.
"A child asks their mother 'Can i go out to play?' The response is..."
Locution - "It's raining" Illocution - "You can't go out" Perlocution - "I am not allowed to play out"
Illocution - Implied Meaning.
Example:
(Implied Meaning) "You get the phone" - "You can't go out" - It's you, It's not me"
Speech Act Theory - Speech Act Theory contains Locution, Illocution and perlocution.
Example:
Speaker A: Mary's invited us to lunch. Do you wanna go?
Speaker B: Sure. [ I'm not busy right now. [ Why not?
Speaker A: [ Good [ I'll come by in about thirty minutes
Speaker B: Think we oughta bring [ anything?
Speaker A: [ No, but i'll bring some wine anyway.
Locution - Literal Sense.
"A child asks their mother 'Can i go out to play?' The response is..."
Locution - "It's raining" Illocution - "You can't go out" Perlocution - "I am not allowed to play out"
Illocution - Implied Meaning.
Example:
(Implied Meaning) "You get the phone" - "You can't go out" - It's you, It's not me"
Sunday, 15 September 2013
Methods of communication
The BBC News uses different types of communication; written communication and spoken communication. The BBC News website uses more written communication because there are lots of articles that are written. On the BBC News page there's an article for the ' United Airlines to honour tickets issued for $0 in glitch ', this is a method of written communication because its written information, not in the form of a video.
The photo below shows the different types of modes that you can use, These are Mobile, Connected TV, News feeds and E-mail news.
The photo below shows the different types of modes that you can use, These are Mobile, Connected TV, News feeds and E-mail news.
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Analysis of a text message
The shortening of names shows that the two participants are
close companions, who have known each other for a while. The punctuation use shows emotion such as excitement. One of
the participants has used two question marks instead of one, this shows that
both of the friends are excited to go Bike-riding. The use of 'slang' words indicates the closeness of the two friends. As well as, the usage of 'slang' words are often used to shorten conversations and certain words.
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Electronic Modes
Modern Technological
- Radio
- Telephone
- Ipad
- Tablets
- Laptop/ Computer
- TV
- Emails
- Mobile
- Skype
Mobile - Interactive
Laptop/ computer - Interactive
Skype - One way communication
Telephone - Interactive
Laptop/ computer - Interactive
Skype - One way communication
Telephone - Interactive
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
George Orwell
George Orwell's essay on politics and the English Language.
George Orwell criticises contemporary English prose for its
disgusting and "inaccurate" use of the Language. He argues that
Language is not shaped for our own use by ourselves like it should be but
rather modern prose isn't sensible. Instead of thoughts being a result of
Language, Language has become results of thoughts. George Orwell also argues
that the political writers of modern English prose use vocabulary that are not
needed. This leads to the lack of understanding and meaning of many words. He
states that in order to have a clear prose, the political writer must be honest
in their writing otherwise it will be pointless. He supports his argument with
a solution that says the inaccuracy of political writing and modern day English
prose can be reversed. It can be done by avoiding the meaning of words and
phrases.
I agree with George Orwell because i
believe the quality of the vocabulary in English Language has worsened over the
past years. Nowadays, I think that there has been more usage of “slang” words
within society.
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