Communicative Behaviours
What does the acronym CARD stand for?
C- communicative behaviors
A- attitude to language
R- registers
D- dialect variation
Which of the Jamaican language continuum is also known as "deep creole"?
Basilect
Attitudes towards language can eitger be?
Positive or Negative
The term "code" in code switching and code mixing is used as a synonym for?
Language/ dialect/ linguistic system of communication
What are some of the functions of Communicative behaviours?
-Substituting
-Reinforcing
-Regulating
-Contradicting
-Managing impressions
-Establishing relationships
This is highest standard on the language continuum when referring to dialectal variation.
Acrolect
The ability to move from one language to another, from one dialect to another and from one register to another is known as?
Code switching
The term "haalmuos" is what type of dialectal variety?
Mesolect
What is Dialectal Variation?
The spoken and written differences in the use of language within a speech community
Mary and Bob are discussing how to tell Susie to use deodorant. "She ain't smell har arm in the morning, ee?" What type of language register is being used?
Casual register
"Frozen", "Formal", "Casual", "Private", "Intimate" and "Consultative" are all identified as?
Language registers
What are the different variation in the Jamaican language continuum?
-Basilect
-Mesolect
-Acrolect
A speaker’s word choice and syntactic ordering of his or her speech or written act in a particular social context is referred to as?
Register
What are 3 elements of communicative behavious?
The use of:
-Posture, gestures and movements
-Objects
-Space
-Time
-Paralanguage
-Inflection
-Our five senses
I am a factor that influences a person's choice of dialect. I speak French and Spanish but speak Spanish more often because I am from Columbia. What factor am I?
Familiarity
The involuntary and intrusive mixture of two or more language features is referred to as what?
Code-mixing
Who identified the six types of language varieties identified in the Caribbean?
Peter Roberts
What are the different language variations in the Caribbean?
-Foreign English
-Radio and Television English
-Erudite English
-Colloquial English
-Rasa English
-Profane English
BONUS: What is papiamentu?
The mix of Spanish and Portuguese Creole
What are the 6 factors that influence the choice of dialect?
-Education
-Familiarity
-Economic
-Status
-Media
-Attitude