Students need to:
Study the above concepts and carefully read the article, Kinds of Talk: Juicing Clients in the Tattoo World which is part of Module 5/Chapter 5 Culture and Language.
Thoroughly answer the questions below citing examples from the article to support your responses.
1. What kinds of juice do tattoo artists use to persuade people to visit their shop and get a tattoo? Develop examples of each of these to support your response.
2. How do these strategies compare with what salespeople say in other commercial settings?
3. Based on our lectures and reading, assess the importance of studying “kinds of talk” (dialects) for successful ethnographic research.

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