Exam 6: Language in Action

A group of people who share one or more varieties of language and the rules for using any or all of those varieties in everyday communication is called a

Someone who demonstrates communicative competence can also lay claim to having accumulated

The G of Dell Hymes' S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G mnemonic refers to different kinds of speech acts or events. These are called the

The P of Dell Hymes' S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G mnemonic refers to

A speaker's underlying ability to produce and recognize grammatically correct expressions is called

An approach whose goal is the discovery of those rules that help to legitimate particular conversational practices, as well as the ideas or ideologies that people have about languages and conversations, is called

Bronislaw Malinowski was an anthropologist who wrote about the importance of attending to ______________ in the study of language.

Explain the difference between linguistic competence and communicative competence.

Describe one of the cases of miscommunication described in your textbook.  Identify the components of Agar's MAR, which take place in the event as described.

The A of Dell Hymes' S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G mnemonic refers to

The close study of actual conversational exchanges is called

If I understand and laugh along with Thai friends at a joke told in Thai, I will have achieved some degree of

Ottenheimer learned that her Japanese students did not ask questions during the class period, but instead came up after class to ask questions, because