Speech Codes
Proposition 1,2
Proposition 3,4
Proposition 5,6
Critique & Other
100

The founder of Speech Codes Theory. 

Gerry Philipsen 
100

The Distinctiveness of Speech Codes.

Proposition One
100

The Substance of Speech Codes. 

Proposition Three

100

The Force of Speech Codes in Discussions. 

Proposition Six

100

Most interpretive scholars applaud Philipsen’s commitment to _______ observation.

Longterm Participant 

200

The systematic study and recording of a culture’s customs and behavior. 

Ethography
200

The Multiplicity of Speech Codes. 

Proposition Two

200

The Interpretation of Speech Codes. 

Proposition Four

200

The Site of Speech Codes. 

Proposition Five

200
From the meme shown, what is "cheddar"?
A speech code

A speech practice (pattern, etc) 


300
The historically enacted, socially constructed, system of terms, meanings, premises, and rules of communicative conduct. 
Speech Codes

or Speech Codes Theory

300

Second proposition states in any given speech community, ___ speech codes are deployed. 

Multiple 
300

The discovery of truth and a persuasive appeal

Rhetoric
300
Careful performances of structured sequences of actions that pay homage to sacred objects.

Totemizing Rituals

300

Most ______ criticize his efforts to generalize across cultures and his scientific goals of explanation, prediction, and control.

Interpretive Scholars
400

The development of a general theory that establishes a relationship between communication and culture. 

Philipsen ultimate goal
400

For those within the culture, speech codes have a ____ quality.

Taken-for-granted

400

The third proposition states a speech code involves culturally distinct ____, _____, and rhetoric.

Psychology 

Sociology

400

The fifth proposition states terms, ___, and premises of a speech code are completely woven into speaking itself.

Rules

400

Theorists from ___, critical, or ____ studies perspectives charge that he is silent even naïve about power relationships.

Feminist

Cultural

500

1. The existence of unique speech codes.


2. The substance of the speech codes 

(whether they contained a vocabulary or way of speaking that held meanings for social constructs and worlds).


3. How speech codes could be observed and formulated.


4. The force of the speech code upon people within a culture.

What Speech Codes Theory sought to answer.

Philipsen sought to answer these four questions through his research. 

500

First proposition states wherever there is a distinctive ____, there is to be found a distinctive speech code.

Culture

500

The fourth proposition states the significance of speaking depends on the speech codes used by speakers and ____ to create and interpret their communication.

Listeners

500

The sixth proposition states artful use of a shared speech code is a sufficient condition for predicting, explaining, and ____ the form of discourse about the intelligibility, prudence, and morality of communication conduct.

Controlling

500

T/F 

Philipsen believe power should be a central concern in any ethnography. 

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