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Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern ie a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly

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The shift from work talk to personal talk is always initiated by the highest ranking person in the room

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80% of businesses judge on accent
dialects and clarity with understanding

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Positive face - the need to feel wanted , liked and appreciated.

Negative face - the need to have freedom of thought and action and not feel imposed on

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Discourse communities

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Inferential Discourse

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Accommodation theory
Converge to the person we are talking to.
Diverge when you try to differ your language to the person you are speaking to.

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Face threatening acts. Politeness Principles.

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Discourse Community, share a set of common goals, lexis and ideas.

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Investigated that teachers use the IRF ( initiation - response - feedback) model. IRF, is a pattern of discussion between the teacher and learner. The teacher initiates, the learner responds, then the teacher gives feedback.

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Phatic talk in the workplace

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institutional talk differs from the ordinary conversation

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Suggests phatic talk is an important part of getting jobs done, allowing employees to support each other in their tasks.

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Institutional Talk
Inferential Frameworks

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HSBC  Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

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HSBC  Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

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British Broadcasting Corporation

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

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british petroleum

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ALbrecht-DIscount

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ALbrecht-DIscount

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- hennys and morrits

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Paid

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Very Important Person

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China Ocean Shipping Company

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Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd

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10-0 - Use caution

10-4 - Okay, affirmative

10-13 - Advise weather and road conditions

10-14 - Prowler report; Convoy or escort detail

10-15 - Civil disturbance; Prisoner in custody

10-22 - Cancel last message; Investigate a break-in

10-26 - Detaining a suspect; ETA (estimated time of arrival); Larceny

10-27 - Driver’s licence/permit/registration information; Rape report

10-63 - Prepare to make a written copy or receive assistance

10-75 - In contact with; Wanted or stolen

10-78 - Need assistance

10-79 - Bomb threat; Notify coroner

10-101 - Civil disturbance; What’s your status?

10-106 - Secure

10-999 - Officer down

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CCW- Carrying a concealed weapon
RO-Reporting officer
CRT-Crime response team
DUI-Driving under the influence

Things like directions, injury assessments, and motor vehicle documents all have abbreviations so officers can quickly share information about traffic stops and accidents.
A - Adult
AC - Aircraft Crash
BLK - Block

E-B - Eastbound

ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival

INJ - Injury

I/S - Intersection

J -Juvenile  involved

LIC - License

M/C - Motorcycle

MVA - Motor Vehicle Accident

NIA - Non-Injury Accident

OBS - Observed

PI - Personal Injury

POSS - Possession

RA - Rescue Ambulance

SPD - Speed

UL - Unable to Locate

VEH - Vehicle

WIT - Witness

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ADW - Assault with a Deadly Weapon

B&E - Breaking & Entering

CCW - Carrying a Concealed Weapon

CSU - Crime Scene Unit

DOC - Disorderly Conduct

DUI - Driving Under the Influence

DUS - Driving Under Suspension

DWI - Driving While Intoxicated

GSR - Gun Shot Residue

GTA - Grand Theft Auto

MP - Missing Person

PV - Parole Violation

SOC - Scene of the Crime

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RDS - respiratory distress syndrome
ROS - Review of systems
SQ - subcutaneous - ordering an injection
VSS - Vital signs are stable
XRT - Radiotherapy (external)
SOB - shortness of breath

These abbreviations are used due to the fact it makes it easier for people who don't have knowledge of what they actually mean (people who most probably aren't trained professional doctors). It's more efficient to say these as some are pretty long and difficult to say, such as Subcutaneous is shortened to SQ as a lot of people may potentially find it difficult to pronounce it correctly or even say it at all.

Doctors and medical professionals will have more knowledge and ideas of certain diseases and ailments of a higher severity in contrast to patients, so using abbreviated forms of medical terms, makes understanding the illness more easy.

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Beemer - A polite way of saying that the patient is huge. This has been used to not upset the patient when referring to them.

Full Code - If your heart stops, the doctors do a full and proper heart resuscitation that includes CPR, electric shocks to the heart and a ventilator. This use of secret language enable doctors to mean lot by saying less. In a situation where the life of a person is in the line, doctors must act immediately therefore they can't say time consuming sentences.

Three clinic units - a way of saying the patient weighs 600 pounds.

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TFH - Typical for Hull (can be changed to any city)
TTFO - Told to f*ck off
FLK - Funny looking kid
PITA - Pain in the ass

Medical professionals will use these abbreviations as not to offend patients whilst communicating either insults or warnings to their colleagues.

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SIDS - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
H/O - History Of
in vitro - in the laboratory
in vivo - in the body
LBP - Lower Back Pain
npo - nothing by mouth
q3h - every 3 hours
qAM - every morning
qhs - At each bedtime

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'What should i do about medial abbreviations?' shows unequal power, suggesting individuals have to meet the register of medical language rather than

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Contract- an agreement between 2 or more parties to refrain from doing something.
Felony- A serious crime punishable by death or with at least one year in state or federal prison.
Wobbler- a crime that can either be classed as a felony or misdemeanour.
There are different terms for different areas of law.
Administrative Law- Law that concerns government agencies.

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occupational lexis?

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I have practical power over people paying for commissions, as they pay me for skills with art pieces/ photoshop work

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I will have knowledge and ideas power over customers

my boss would have positional power over me as he is a higher authority and mainly uses imperatives

1. I have to communicate with my colleagues, with the customer, my boss, phone calls, discuss which orders will go together etc

2. I request help a lot from my colleagues as it may be hard to believe but working in a Chinese takeaway is manic at times especially Chinese New Year. When a customer complains I usually ask my colleague to deal with it

3. I confirm with the drivers what orders are going together, confirm waiting times for order online and on phone calls, confirm orders with my colleagues

4. My colleagues and I instruct each other to put orders in specific orders, what to give to each customer

5. As I take a phone call or a shop order, I put the order into a system, print it off and put it up to cook

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Workers in the police force and medical field often use dark humour - aka gallows humour - to cope with the more traumatic/irritating areas of the job, usually in code.

Examples in the medical field include:

Circling the drain - nearing death

Boxing a patient - having a patient die in your care

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Has Knowledge and Ideas Power over us.

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a pharmacist has k+I power over myself and customers regarding medical knowledge

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Positional Power - power earned through your position in the workplace e.g. being a CEO vs worker

Personal Power - using your skills and abilities to have influence despite where you lie in terms of formal authority

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my boss sets the pay at how many meter box's i make by setting a price for each box, can choose to up the pay if they are needed in a short amount of time.  giving me power if the box's are need to negotiate pay.

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Doctors have the power of knowledge and ideas as they have specialized in a certain field so they will have more knowledge

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My line manager has positional power over me as he is higher in employment, he uses more imperatives as he tells us what he wants us to do in the job.
Team leader has practical power over me as they have generally been employed longer and are better trained in practical skills.

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Practical- knowing exact terms for certain plants/ flowers and having had training in how to arrange bunches and quality check- often have to converge specific term language in order for customers to understand. This links in with knowledge and ideas as I know and understand more than customers and also due to having more contact with customers and more experience setting ups have some knowledge and idea power over my boss who has positional power over me as my boss.

I have personal power as I'm able to influence on what a person may buy by helping find what would suit their needs best by sounding like I know what I'm doing.

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Chef has practical power over me.
The pub owners have positional power over me.
Waitress has personal power over the customer but also knowledge and ideas on what they serve.
Waitress has practical power over the chef when serving behind the bar.
Waitress has positional power over the pot washer.
Front of house will have a different practical power to those in the kitchen, which means there is a different language use and use of tone.
Front of house deal with customers then have to relay this in a way that the chef can understand, thus there is a practical power and knowledge and ideas on how to relay information.

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My boss has positional power over me as she has employed me and therefore has a higher authority than me.
I have positional power over the students as I have a higher authority than them and teach them.

I will have practical power over the students as I have skills that they don't have and could interlink this with personal power in which I can influence them to behave In a certain way. I will also have more knowledge and ideas than the students due to my position in the school.

In contrast to occupations such as a doctor or lawyer, my language would heavily consist of imperatives and declaratives due to my positional power, whereas a doctor would be more open to using interrogatives as they have knowledge and ideas.

1. communicative information
- I would inform students of what to do in the class, explain how it should be done and correct them when something isn't correct

3. confirming lesson times, who's teaching what class, what students will be in each class, what part of the syllabus we are teaching each week

4. I would instruct the students on how to do exercises , where to go, when to go, what to do

5. I would enact/ demonstrate the way things should look so that students can have an exemplar model and be shown how to do stuff.

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my manager has positional power over me and she tells me what to do and how to take orders. I have knowledge and ideas power and practical over the customer eg I know how to make the burgers and how to use the fryers and tills. The area manager has positional power over my manager and all of the team as they have the power to shut down the restaurant if we fail inspections.

4. Manager instructs individuals what to do and what job tasks need completing that day.