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COMM 1210: COVARRUBIUS
symbolic pointing
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forceful, achieves something, transformative. enactments of personal address affect both utterer and receiver even when one remains unaware(cross culture)
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personal address terms are... CSIFH
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culturally specific/deeply significant/give,take self identity/infused with feeling/infused with personal history
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Family (full name)
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Patricia Olivia Bailet Covarrubius
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Friends
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-pat, patty, paty: point to confianza (t,r,c,u)
- pretty girl, doll, my queen, heart, dear : terms of endearment at adult age
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Americans |
Pat, Pat C: stranger
Patricia, trish, patrisher: friendly but stranger
Spic,beaner,taco,mex,wetback
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Mexicans (family)
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pato-duck, patita-little duck
la nina- the girl, la chiqueta-little one
mis rosita di castille-my rose of castille, mi orquida- my orchid
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Political |
chicana: ethnicity with political affiliation
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Social Status
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senora: marital status
licenciado, maestro, dectora - professional categories
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Function of personal address terms
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- who you are in relation to another person, your role in that culture
- help people act as members of social groups-social participation
- understand, negotiate, agree to norms being placed in social roles (social contract)
- creating and maintaining system of social roles (construction)
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Social participation
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how do we use comm to be seen and accepted as members of social groups?
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social contract
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how do we use comm to find out, use, and negotiate rules together?
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social contruction
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how do we use comm to construct various kinds of meanings and social relations?
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