1. Lesson Two Dimensions of Language Neijiang Normal University - Week Two - Brent A. Simoneaux

2. Name Cards Brent Simoneaux 司马搏 Sima Bo 200505401123

3. Rhetoric 修辞学 re-tə-rik(noun) : “ The skill of using language in speech or writing in a special way that influences or persuades people”

4. Subject Purpose Audience The Writing Triangle

5. Dimensions of Language Cultural Dimension Syntagmatic Dimension Paradigmatic Dimension

9. 1. Formal Informal 2. Standard Nonstandard 3. General Specific 4. In Group Out Group Word Categories

14. Standard Nonstandard Overview Standard refers to common words. Nonstandard refers to slang, jargon, dialectal words, obsolete words, and idiomatic expressions.

17. General Specific Overview Generality makes reference to words that involve, relate to, or apply to every member of a class, kind or group. Specificity makes reference to words that are encompassed by a more general catergory.

20. Jargon ( 行话 ) In Group Out Group Jargon ( 行话 ) is any in-group or specialized language used by small groups of like-minded individuals. This terminology is usually specialized to the function of the group, and will be used by and among group members as a sign of belonging, status, and for keeping out outsiders.

21. Example In Group Out Group Individuals who study linguistics will use words like quantifier, voiceless labiodental fricative, diglossia, intensifier, minimal pair and metonymy . To non-linguists, these words have different meanings or no meanings at all.

22. Example In Group Out Group Situation One : If you are writing a paper explaining concepts in linguistics to an audience of non-linguists, you might introduce and explain a few important terms. But you wouldn't use those terms without an explanation or in a way your audience wouldn't understand.

23. Example In Group Out Group Situation Two : If you are writing a conference paper for a group of linguists or a term paper for a college-level linguistics course, you should use in-group jargon to help show that you understand the concepts and can discuss them in ways other linguists can.

24. 1. Native texts 2. Dictionaries 3. Thesauri ( 类属词典 ) Reference Tools

25. Next Week Sentence Expansion

26. The Writing Assignment Write one paragraph in which you describe your future career goals and intellectual interests to the faculty of the English Department. Write another paragraph in which you describe your future career goals and intellectual interests to a Canadian third-year university student. Length : 200 - 300 words total Due at the beginning of next week’s class.

27. The Reading Assignment Preview Chapter 3, pgs 43-56 for next week’s class

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