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19 Cards in this Set
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language
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system of arbitrary signals -- composed of sounds, gestures and symbols
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cybernetic process
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the process in which you remember/recall things
input->storage storage->search stimulus->search storage->recall recall->output |
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language explosion theory
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communication skills developed from a language core created from others
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significant other theory
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all sources around us develop out communication skills and language
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linguistics
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study of sounds, structures and rules of human language
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denotative meanings
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literal meanings
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connotative meanings
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varying definitions of words from person to person
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semantics
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relationship of language and meaning
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emotive language
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expresses feelings, attitudes, emotions
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phatic language
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only performs social task (i.e. "How are you?" "Hello." "Hey.")
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cognitive language
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to convey information
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rhetorical language
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to influence thoughts and behaviors of others
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identifying language
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naming people or things specifically
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language distortion
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ambiguity or vagueness
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doublespeak
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language that is deceptively vague, it is purposefully used to mislead
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inferences
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interpreting beyond the available data
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linguist
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social scientist who studies linguistics
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dialect
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social/regional variation of a language
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accent
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pronunciation and intonation used by a person
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