AICE Language Paper 4, Section B: Language and the Self

4. This is the image you have of yourself as a conversationalist.
6. You flout this maxim when you are vague.
8. Locke's theory on how our language comes through our experiences and senses. At birth, we are a "clean slate."
11. This theorist believes in variationist sociolinguistics, the idea that the way language is spoken differs across individuals and situations.
12. The theorist behind the Cooperative Principle.
14. The theorist that said "What to do? How to act? Who to be? These are the focal questions for everyone."
16. Skinner's theory on how language, like behavior, is learned through a system of rewards and punishments.
21. A transition that shows disagreement but it softens the contradiction.
22. Every social group has their own language that is exclusive.

1. This type of prestige reflects solidarity and group identity.
2. This type of politeness is when your freedom is being imposed upon.
3. This type of politeness is when your self esteem is being threatened.
5. You flout this maxim every time you lie.
7. These are terms that label the position you have in your family in relation to other family members (mom, dad, aunt, uncle)
9. An awareness of your own uniqueness in relation to the social groups around oneself.
10. This theory notes that children have some linguistically specific knowledge but they also learn from a caretaker's input.
13. The study of how people play a role/function in conversation.
15. You flout this maxim when you give TMI but it is still relevant.
17. This theory notes that learning language is natural for humans because we have a biological propensity for it.
18. Maria always says "okay, little piggy." She's the only one that ever says it.
19. The realization that one exists independently of others.
20. You flout this maxim when provide information that isn't relevant to a question that was asked.
23. This type of prestige expresses power and status.