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Wc'1at
the writer
means
by 'more
complex'
is that people
can convey
same
proposition
in different
manner
and
have different
effects.
Example
I
as
extracted
from
Fasold
(1990:1):
'Bring
it over
here,
wouldja??'
'CouldI
ask
you
to
bring
that
paintbrush
over
here?'
The
two
uttera..'lces above
are
two
ways
of
making
a
request
and
at
the
same
time
reveal
the
relationship
between
me
and
the
person
I
am
talking
to.
I
might
utter
the
first utterance
eii:her
because
Ihave
the
authmity
or
higher
in
status
over
that
person,
or
because
that
person
and
i
have
a
ciose
relationship
by
which
I
am
sure
that
the
request
will
be
ca;Tied
out
and
no
offi
nse
feeling
involved..
Using
the
second
request, I
\v<J.nt to avoid
rejection
or
offence caused
on the
person
I&.'!1 talking
to
because
Iam
not
confident
about
the
relationship
or
whether
have
enough
authority
between
us. Faso!d
(1990:1)
concluded
this:
"i!rnen people use language, they do more ilia11 just try
to get another person to
understand the speaker's
thought and
feelings.
At
the
sac-ue time,
boili people
are
moog
language i.'1
subtle ways to defu1e ilieir relationship to each oilier, ro
identifY themselves
as part of a social group, and to establish the kind of speech event iliey are in..
Ward.haugh
(1986:1)
states
that
it is
the
code
(language)
that
makes
cmnmu.nication
possible
and
individuals
can
use
it
and
apparently
show
that
they
do
so
by using
it
properly.
Proper
usage
in
!a..'lgus.ge
is
detennined
by several
factors
such
as
choice of
words,
tone,
non-verbal
language (i.e. mimic and gesture),
setting, participants,
relationship
between
the
participants
etc. Following
is further
discussion
about
the
factors affecting
language
usage
in a society.
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