Annotations
- Cuddy’s research explores nonverbal communication, as she tells us (para. 4). Why is this nonverbal behavior important to those who would be in the Discourse of business? Be sure to provide evidence from Cuddy in your response.
- “So a HandShake or a Lack of a handshake,” Mainly in business there is nothing better than the personality you illustrate to your future boss ao the inability to create a good long powerful handshake changes the outcome of future relationships in both business and common life.
- Gee defines Discourses (capital D) as “saying (writing)-doing-being-valuing, believing combinations” (6). Why is this “combination” important for Gee? Gee offers a couple examples. Offer your own example of a Discourse in your response.
- “A man and a Women,” Mainly this Points out that just like the “D” there are differences and by making a D one can see that.
- Gee breaks down Discourse into some different types or categories. What is the difference between a primary and a secondary Discourse? Why is Gee’s distinction between dominant and nondominant discourses important?
- “American and Russian man,” Meaning Primary is dominate and that there needs to be both or they do not exist at all.
