Chp. 2 Language And Meaning

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Inherited Communication

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genetically patterns of behaviors. communicators as a result of instinct.

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learned communication

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communication through experiences develop ways to manipulate beahvior to other animals or people

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How many set of rules does language have?

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four

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Phenomic

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sound rules. sound produces for letter or groups of letters

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Semantic

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meaning for words and sounds.

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Morpheme

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vey small unit of meaning. perfixes and suffiexs that change the meanings of words

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General Semanticc

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division of communication devoted to diminishing misunderstanding between people. reapir misunderstanding by discovering how words distort meanings

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indexing

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a geneal semantics tool that submitting or dating words to show that their meanings can cahnge over time.

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Static evaluation

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mistaken assumptions that ppl or things never change

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Syntax

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putting meanings into coherent patterns.

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Pragmatics

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rules describing how ordinary people use languish to accomplish goals.

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Norms of language

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should and should nots of language. whicha re learned thrugh interactiong with parents adn older children as we grow up.

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Standard language

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grammar is convential correct. does not include slang, and delivers in modulated tones, crisply enuciated

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Non Standard language

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invloves other dialects of English

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Charactersitics of Lnaguage

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symbolic, abstract, arbitrary, and conventional

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Symbloic

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used as a symbol system. (object person place idead)powerful in triggering emotions

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Abstract

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used to talk about things taht aren tangible

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referents

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things a symbol re whim
refers to, used to illustrate symbolic languageq

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Arbitrary

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1. the symbol we assigns to was chosen by whim (changes in language)
2. no necessary connection between a symbol and its referents

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Conventional

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a norm or pattern for behavior which we implicity agree to follow

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Idiomatic communication

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idioms are words and phrases that have unique meanings between friend/romantic partners

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Meanings

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images, ideas and feelings we associate witha symbol and ite referent

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Denotations

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conventional definitions we give symbols

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Connotations

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unique subjectivity response to vents, object, people, and situational

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The semantic triangle

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meanings are directly affected by referents and symbols aare directly related to meanings. but the raltionshi between sybols and referant can be abstract arbitrary and conventional

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Inferential Process

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using context and responses of other to interpret the connotations and denotations for new symbols.

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Coorinates Mangaement of Meaning (CMM)

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describes how communication constructs inferences.

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Self refrenceing

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reflective of speakers character and experiences.

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Symbolic Interactionism Theory

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ability to share symbols with other to help us come to know ouerselves.

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Speech Community Theory

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groups of peopls develop distinctive was oy using language. easier to detect insiders versus outsiders

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Opinionated language

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indicates the speakers attitude toward a topic and toward listeners who eithe agree or disagree

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Language Intensity

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degre where speakers deviate from neutrality on a topic

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obscentities

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sexually explicit slange

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profanity

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religious terms used as slnag

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scatology

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vocab use for bodily wste and funcions as slang

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Spair Whorf Theory hypothesis

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language we speaks affect how we perceive the world. Lanugage expresses and shapes our ideas.

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Political Correctness

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advocats argus that changin our labels for people and events wil help us change our perceptions and increase seneitivity to the views of no dominant peopls.

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Information Manipulation Theory

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we can supply information equivocally (can mean to things p belives one we know the other) when we dont want to disclose the full truth

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Code Switching

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changin rules in diffrent contexts.

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Communicatin Accomodation Theory (CAT)

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tendency to code switch.

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How many ways are there to accomdate code switching

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converging, diverging, and maintaining

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Converging

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adapting your own verb and non verb communication to be more similar to your partner

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Diverging

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accenting or emphasinf the diffences between communicatore

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maintaining

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keepin your own style withut recognizing the diffrences