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31 Cards in this Set
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The Vehicle for this expression
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Sign
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Private idea located solely in the mind of the communicator
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signified
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Form in which idea is expressed
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signifier
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Ability to understand and create unusual sentences
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Linguistic productivity
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If we think and remember linguistically, then the nature of our language affects the nature of our thought.
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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
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Theory that language determines thought
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Linguistic Determinism
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Theorizes that people from different language communities perceive the world differently
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Linguistic Relativity
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Inoffensive words that are used instead of highly charged terms
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Euphemisms
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Significant sound distinctions in a given language
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phonemes
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The study of the structure of the units of meaning in a language
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Semantics
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Smallest unit of meaning in language
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morpheme
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morphemes equivalent to words
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free morphemes
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morphemes that must always be attached to other morphemes
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bound morphemes
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A list of all the words of a language
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Lexicon
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Study of the sentence structure of a language
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Syntactics
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The study of how we use language in social contexts
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pragmatics
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Provides a framework for understanding how the individuals use context to assign pragmatic meaning
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CMM theory
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The situation we find ourselves in during a given interaction
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episode
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the role obligations that we feel toward one another
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Relationship
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Our professional or Personal identity
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Life Script
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consists of the cultural norms we share with others
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Cultural Pattern
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Asserts that for talk to work, communicators must be willing to cooperate with one another by speaking in socially approved ways
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Cooperative Principle
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Four rules
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Conversational Maxims
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Make sure to have enough information, but not to much information.
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Quantity Maxim
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Speakers must be truthful
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Quality Maxim
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Speakers must make sure their contributions are direct and pertinent
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Relevancy maxim
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Speakers must be direct and clear
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Manner Maxim
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Focuses on relational meaning, it is most appropriate for interpersonal topics and feels most natural in intimate contexts
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Rapport Talk
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focuses on content as a style. It is appropriate in public situations when decision making or opinion exchange is expected.
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Report Talk
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Cultures that find meaning in the words rather than in the shared context in which communication occurs
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Low-Context Cultures
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Cultures where speakers don't bother to say what they believe the listeners already know.
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High-context cultures
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