U214B Reviewing Concepts definitions

What is phatic communion?

What is plurilinguaging?

What is semiotics?

• Semiotics is the study of human behavior.
• Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.
• Semiotics is the analysis of economic systems.
• Semiotics is the exploration of physical sciences.

What is the difference between communicative competence and performance?

• Communicative competence refers to the ability to memorize vocabulary, while performance is about writing essays.
• Communicative competence is the ability to speak multiple languages, while performance is the ability to read texts.
• Communicative competence is focused on grammar rules, while performance is about listening skills.
• Communicative competence is the theoretical ability to use language effectively, while performance is the actual use of language in practice.

Give examples of accommodation strategies?

Adjacency pairs are

• A list of unrelated topics discussed in a meeting.
• Conversational structures that consist of a pair of related utterances.
• Random phrases that have no relation to conversation.
• A single statement made by a speaker.

What is referential function?

Describe Bilingual Children?

Discourse community

• A team focused on competitive sports.
• A network of businesses with no common interests.
• A collection of unrelated individuals.
• A group of people who share common goals and communication practices.

How does context influence communication?

• Context has no effect on communication effectiveness.

• Context can change the meaning of messages based on the situation.

• Context only matters in written communication, not spoken.

• Context is irrelevant to the understanding of language.