context really does have control over our language and the usage of language. It determines what type of language is to be used and when.
Take for example A young student who has been studying in a library late one evening and she is now ready to call it a night when in walks a friend who has just finished studying and is headed back to the dormitory. He asks "care to go for a walk" the young student decides to walk across campus together....
How would this encounter be different if it took place at noon on a crowded public beach on a hot summer day? would you say different things? talk louder? laugh more? Walk slower?
All human communication is affected by the physical circumsatances under which it takes place whether it be a job interview, a pizza party, a classroom speech, or whatever...
People's words and behaviour are controlled (changed) according to the context. !
Quote:
"Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first on the social level, and later, on a individual level. "
Lev Vygotsky
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