Language + Occupation revision

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Language + Occupation revision

 Mindmap: questions

1. In which year did Howard Giles come up with his ‘Accommodation Theory’? 
– 1973.

 2. Give examples of 3 acronyms that are specific to the police.
– SWAT, ABH, BOP.

 3. What's CONVERGENCE?
- Simplifying language to a lower position worker.

 4. What's DIVERGENCE?
- Not using specific words to avoid association with a particular social group.

 5. Give an example of discourse structure in language and occupation.
- Prescription only familiar to doctor.

 6. Why is divergence used for people?
- It's used to distance themselves.

7. Why is convergence used for people?
- It's used to relate to people.

 8. In what year did Drew and Heritage come up with their inferential frameworks theory?
- 1993.

 9. What's the use of acronyms?
- To speed up process in high stress jobs and to make things easier in general.

 10. When does the lexicon change?
- Lexicon changes depending on who is speaking.

Wider reading:
https://hbr.org/2018/02/if-we-all-hate-business-jargon-why-do-we-keep-using-it

https://www.theguardian.com/careers/careers-blog/worst-office-jargon-phrases-staff-love-hate-management-speak


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