SOCIOLINGUISITC - ETHNOGRAPHY QUESTION

Which one is broader between practical reasoning and scientific reasoning? Can practical become scientific? 

• Practical reasoning refers to the way in which people make use of their commonsense knowledge and to how they employ that knowledge in their conduct of everyday life. Whereas, scientific reasoning refers to reasoning based on the fact/scientific data. From those definitions, it can be sum up that practical reasoning is broader than scientific reasoning because it’s based on the people point of view that could be vary among them. 
• Practical reasoning could become scientific reasoning when the reason proves scientifically. 

How come silence become communication? 

In reality, silence can be a very effective communication tool. Communication is simply about conveying a message, and sometimes silence does better than any words.

• Example: In a Christian marriage ceremony the minister addresses the participants thus: ‘‘If anyone here can show just cause why this man and woman should not be joined together in matrimony let him speak now or forever hold your peace’’. If no one stands up and speaks, this individual and collective silence is taken to express a negative answer, as if each participant has said - referentially, ‘‘No, I have no just cause to say that’’. The chairperson at a meeting will likewise ask participants if they have further information; if no one speaks, this individual and collective silence is taken as a negative answer, as if each participant has said - referentially, ‘‘No, I have nothing to add and no comment to make’’.