Speech Events

The lesson i learnt from this class is pretty interesting
I learnt that genre is not just a term used in lit, but it is also
'a fairly predictable sets of speech acts, participants, topics, settings, or other regularly occurring and conventional forms'
this is quite insightful, as it shows that a genre can also be created using speech convwentions and patterns
It is also the first time that i realised that every conversation does have a topic or agenda
it might not be intentional, but even a conversation starter like 'How's your day?'
might have the agenda to get the person you are talking to to start becoming friendlier and open up to you
even if you honestly do not think his day is any different from the day before

Some insightful things I took away from the class is the case examples
like from the jap marriage and wet market bargaining scene
it was extremely interesting to find out such norms and behaviours of our asian society and how these beliefs and mindsets were crafted.
Indeed, knowing more about our culture and how conventions and norms come about sure makes you think twice about
' So does it mean a girl CAN in the future propose to a man?'
haha..but for that to change in spore. It might need another 100 more years?