We shift speech styles or registers depending on where we are and who we're talking to. Describe three different registers you might use and the context in which you would use each. Describe the context, the speakers involved, and any other factors that you think contribute to your choice of register. What kinds of vocabulary, sentence structure, accent, and so forth do you use in shifting from one register to another? 

Share examples to illustrate. How do greeting rituals and maxims of conversation affect your interpersonal relationships, both positively and negatively? What is linguistic relativism? 

What are some ways in which culture is connected to language? 

Which criteria are most important for determining what a word is? 

Identify and describe five different kinds of dictionaries.