Theorists

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Whose theory discusses equal and unequal encounters featuring a powerful participant and a non-powerful participant?
Fairclough
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Under which topic do politeness strategies fall?
Power
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Which nativist believed in a 'Language Aquisition Device'?
Chomsky
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Which behaviourists believed in a 'Language Acquisition Support System'?
Skinner and Bruner
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Who stated that language can be 'face-saving' or 'face threatening'?
Goffman
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What is meant by convergence?
Speaking in a way which is similar to your audience
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What is the name of the theory that foudn evidence that men interupt more and try to control conversations?
Dominance theory
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Which theorist found the seven functions within children's speech?
Halliday
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In what order did Rothery's categories come?
Observation, recount, report, narrative
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What is it called when a child makes a mistake that is understandable because it conforms to normal patterns of language?
Virtuous error
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Under which topic do politeness strategies fall?

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Which nativist believed in a 'Language Aquisition Device'?

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Which behaviourists believed in a 'Language Acquisition Support System'?

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Who stated that language can be 'face-saving' or 'face threatening'?

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