Ocuupation theorists

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Grice (1967)

Quality - should tell the truth. Quantity - should be as informative as is required. Relevance - contributions should relate to the purpose of the exchange. Manner - clear, orderly and brief, avoiding ambiguity.

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Giles (1973)

Accomodation theory = Convergence - language towards speakers; divergence - language away from speakers

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Drew and Heritage (1992)

members of a discourse community share inferential frameworks, consisting of implicit ways of thinking, communicating and behaving. hierarchies of power within organisations, with asymmetrical relationships marked by language use

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French and Raven (1959)

Legitimate power –position and responsibilities. Referent power –interpersonal skills. Expert power –skills and strengths. Reward power –ability to reward those who follow. Coercive power – use of negative influences

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Pateman (1980)

Oppressive – the open expression of power. Repressive – exercising coercive power while minimising overt status differences, and emphasising solidarity, to gain compliance and good will.

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Koester (2004)

Phatic Talk - establish interpersonal relationships = effective working. Solidarity - the ability to connect with one’s workmates – is an important dimension in workplace communication.

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Erving Goffman (1959)

face = public self image needing protection. positive = desire to be liked; negative = desire to not be opposed upon, “freedom of action and freedom from imposition”.

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Brown and Levenson (1978)

face threatening acts - bold-on = nothing to minimize threats. Positive Politeness - recognize hearer has a desire to be respected. Negative politeness - recognizes imposing on them. Off-record indirect - avoid the directly asking, indirect requests

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Swales (2011)

Share a set of common goals. Communicate internally, using and ‘owning’ one or more genres of communication. Use specialist lexis and discourse. Possess a required level of knowledge and skill to be considered eligible to participate in the community

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