http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/occupation.htm
A vital resource for revision of any English Language specification.
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
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Form, Purpose, Audience
The Guardian
Form - Newspaper.
Purpose - To tell stories and to inform people about what happening in today's society.
Audience - The general public.
NASA News Magazine
Form - Magazine/News article.
Purpose - To inform people who are interested in astronomy what NASA have recently discovered and general news about the organisation as a whole.
Audience - Astronomers/people interested in astronomy.
Made in Bristol
Form - TV Channel Website.
Purpose - to inform people about what is on the channel and when/what events are coming up around Bristol.
Audience - people who want to find out what is going on in Bristol in general, people who are interested in seeing the work from around the Bristol area.
Steven Pinker - What our language habits reveal
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought
- language change:
- descriptive attitudes - you can't discriminate against words, all language is vital
- prescriptive attitudes - only one way, standard English is the only thing that should be used
- descriptivism/prescriptivism
- language is a window onto human nature:
- language emerges from human minds interacting with one another
- visible in unstoppable language changes
- slang&jargon, historical change, dialect divergence, language formation
- communication model:
- sender - message - receiver
- euphemistic language to talk about topics that are hard to discuss
- social, historical and cultural context
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