Recap: Quarter 1
Speech Context, Speech Style, and Speech Act
Recap: Quarter 1
Speech Context, Speech Style, and Speech Act
Recap: Quarter 1
Speech Context, Speech Style, and Speech Act
Speech Act
Locution
Illocution
Perlocution
literal meaning
intention of the
speaker
resulting action
by the listener
Quarter 2 Week 1
Shifts in Speech Context,
Speech Style, and Speech Act:
Language Form, Duration of
Interaction, and Speaker’s
Relationship
Shifting in Communication
speaker’s ability to change or
adjust their speech context,
speech style, and speech act
in response to the differences
among listeners, social
context, personal goals, and
relationship.
Language form
Duration of interaction
Shifting in
Communication
affects
Relationship of speaker
Role and responsibilities
of the speaker
Message
Delivery
Shifting in Communication
affects
Language form
Register
Prestige
Vernacular
Shifting in Communication
certain individuals change
their language form
based on social status
Prestige
affects
Language form
Shifting in Communication
Prestige
affects
Language form
vs
1. Overt Prestige - speech shifts that are
generally/widely observable (e.g., when talking to
higher social status/authority)
Language form
Shifting in Communication
G.O.A.T.
Prestige
SPILL THE TEA
bruh LOW-KEY cringe
woke
yas triggered flex
SHOOKT
HIGH-KEY
2. Covert Prestige - the he use of nonstandard
languages to fit or understand an exclusive
community (secret/hidden)
Shifting in Communication
affects
Language form
conventional way of using
language that is appropriate in
a specific context (situational)
Register
vs
Shifting in Communication
affects
Language form
general expression for a kind
of social dialect;
“nonstandard” vs “standard”
language
Vernacular
Medical
terms
Shifting in Communication
affects
Duration of interaction
Channel of
communicati
on
Importance
of message
Purpose of
speech
Context
Language
difficulty
Emotion
Shifting in Communication
affects
Relationship of the
speaker
Accommodation
Model
Audience
Design Model
“code-switching” or
combing words from two
different languages
act in response to
the audience
Convergence | Divergence
Shifts in communication is primarily dependent
on the amount of attention the speaker pays to
what he is saying. In more formal styles the
speaker tends to be more aware of the way he
speaks, and in less formal styles he does not
concentrate on his linguistic performance
Examples/Drills
Draw these balloons and tie them to their correct anchors tagged
as different effects of shifting in speech.