Speaking

SPEAKING

In sociolinguistics, Espiquin or the Espiquin model, is a model socio-linguistic study (represented as a mnemonic) developed by Dell Hymes. It is a tool to assist the identification and labeling of components of linguistic interaction that was driven by his view that, in order to speak a language correctly, one needs not only to learn its vocabulary and grammar, but also the context in which words are used.

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Famous quotes containing the word speaking:

    For more than forty years I’ve been speaking in prose without even knowing it!
    Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

    If you make yourself understood, you’re always speaking well.
    Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

    The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is.
    Susan Sontag (b. 1933)