Describe How Boeing Dealt with the Need to Create Flexible

question 32

Essay

Describe how Boeing dealt with the need to create flexible capacity when designing its 777 airliner.

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Definitions:

Speech Event

In Hymes’s ethnography of communication, a specific speech activity—for example, an awards speech.

Speech Event

A specific instance in which communication occurs, structured by conventions and expectations of the participants and the context.

Speech Community

In Hymes’s ethnography of communication, a group of people who share a common language that differentiates them from other groups—for example, a group of communication majors.

Speech Activity

The dynamic engagement in verbal expression and communication.