SociolinguisticsUse of Direct and IndirectConversational RitualsAnthropological CritiqueANTY 101 1st Edition Lecture 8Sociolinguistics-Social context of the Spoken Language• how people use language in conversation• Anazlyze “utterances” • Referential meaning = literal meaning• relational meaning: how the communication is affected by relationship of speakers • metamessage: unspoken message gleaned from how something is said-CulturalUse of Direct and Indirect -Japanese use indirect almost always• Largely cultural -Air Florida Flight 90, Washington NationalConversational Rituals-greeting• US v. Burma-US: Hey where are you going?-Burma: Hey did you have rice yet?1-Conversation has axes of status and connection -Turn taking during speech• East v. West (interjection) -He said she said• gender patterns • Listening, eye contact, and body positionAnthropological Critique-Culturally bound; white middle class-presumed biological basis for
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