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by Don and Alleen Nilsen VARIATION ANALYSIS by Don and Alleen Nilsen

BASIC ASSUMPTIONS There are various ways of saying the same thing and saliences differ These are affected by S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. or the V.A.R.I.E.S. model

S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. MODEL by John Gumpers and Dell Hymes S-Setting P-Participants E-Ends A-Act Sequence K-Key Tone or Mood I-Instrumentalities (writing vs. speech) N-Norms (expectations of the situation) G-Genre (e-mail, chant, research paper)

V.A.R.I.E.S. MODEL by Don and Alleen Nilsen V-VOCATIONAL JARGON Computer Guys, Doctors, Lawyers, Linguists, Teachers A-AGE-RELATED LANGUAGE Children, Teenagers, Old People R-REGIONAL LANGUAGE California, Canada, New York, South I-INFORMAL OR FORMAL LANGUAGE Casual Acquaintances, Lovers, Friends, Relatives E-ETHNIC LANGUAGE Blacks, Indians, Jews, Mexicans S-SEX-RELATED LANGUAGE Males, Females, Lesbians, Gays

Vocational Humor: Anthropologist

Businessman

Computer Geek

Doctor

Lawyer

Linguist

Literary Scholar

Mathematician

Psychologist

Sociologist

Teacher

Age-Related Humor: Baby

Children’s Humor

Teenager

Old Person

Really Old Person

Regional Humor

American Dialect Society

Australian Humor Lost Baggage: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+australia+lost+baggage&view=detail&mid=C9207D3C358B5828C7D8C9207D3C358B5828C7D8&FORM=VIRE

British Humor 21 Accents by Amy Walker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k

New England Humor

Yankee-Dixie Quiz Yankee-Dixie Quiz: http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html

Southern Humor

Surfer Dude Humor (California)

Valley Girl Humor (California)

Western Humor

Canadian Humor

Informal or Formal Humor: Intimate

Casual

Formal

Frozen

Ethnic Humor

Hispanic Humor

Asian

Black

Jewish

Mormon

Sex-Related Humor: Men

Women

Gay Humor

Lesbian Humor

Transvestite Humor

Now it’s your turn. Tell us some jokes that relate to the V.A.R.I.E.S. Model V-VOCATIONAL JARGON Computer Guys, Doctors, Lawyers, Linguists, Teachers A-AGE-RELATED LANGUAGE Children, Teenagers, Old People R-REGIONAL LANGUAGE California, Canada, New York, South I-INFORMAL OR FORMAL LANGUAGE Casual Acquaintances, Lovers, Friends, Relatives E-ETHNIC LANGUAGE Blacks, Indians, Jews, Mexicans S-SEX-RELATED LANGUAGE Males, Females, Lesbians, Gays