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Is Language In Interaction

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One of the first things that comes into your mind when you hear the word “language” is communication, isn't it? However language is much more than just communication. Language is what makes you different from other human beings. Thanks to it, you can communicate with others, express who you are, your ideas, feelings, thoughts, discomforts, etc. With language you can even change the world, you can hurt a person or you can love a person. Language has many more aspects than what you might think, some of them are: language choice, code switching, language in interaction and finally language and gender.
The first aspect that language has is language choice in which, you can choose what kind of language you want to use for a conversation. For example, when you talk to your friends you use a certain type of language and when you talk to your …show more content…

According with Mesthrie R. “language in interaction is how speakers use language in interaction with others, how they hold conversations, tell stories, make jokes, argue or tease one another” (2009, p.183). In easier words, language in interaction is linguistic exchange. There are some characteristics in Language in interaction:
Construction of identity: it refers to your interaction with others, you construct an identity which includes your ethnic identity, national identity, cultural identity, gender, age, status etc. And this construction of identity occurs through face to face interaction. However, not necessarily in every interaction you construct all of these aspects. An illustration of these would be: when you talk to others you get a self-concept by the way that you act, move, express or talk.
Face to face interaction: refers to when you are talking to others physically present in real time. For example when you are talking in a video call with your friends of another country or also it can be when you are talking with your boyfriend in a

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