Speech Comm

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

[She's in costume, dressed as a Gypsy] Happy Halloween. I brought chocolate...eat it.

[adjusts her glasses] Ok, gang. I had a lovely weekend meeting your parents. Chip, Parker, Anya...I think I now know yours best. I'm sure we're all glad it's over, let's move on.


301--Register

Register is the level of formality with which we communicate. We do it everyday, and it's both hardwired and learned social behavior. We are social creatures, and as such we accept the concept of status. Other things factor into our register choices, such as trust, respect, and influence, and even intimacy...

For example, you all know I'm dating the Doctor. Why might I call him Doctor in the lounge here at school, and Ten at home? For that matter, why do I call all of you Mister or Miss in the classroom, and by your name when we are out and about? Consider how you communicates depending on both person AND setting.

What do you think about this? Let's take the concept and roll it around on our tongues like a Jujube of Justice until it sticks to our teeth of understanding explore what it means to speak differently to different people.

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[dbiers.livejournal.com]

D'anna stumbles in and takes a place in the back. If she weren't covered head to toe (turtle neck, jeans, ball cap, big dark-glasses), one might say she looked like hell. As it is, she sets her rucksack down and leans her head in her hands behind her colossal coffee mug (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/no_chocolate/FH/leonismug.jpg). If her brain were up to functioning, she'd have hopped into the conversation begun by Elizabeth, but that's not going to happen. Instead, she sips her coffee and listens to the conversations.