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23 Cards in this Set
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The groups in which people live, first as children and later as adults, are called _______: professional, school, work etc
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speech communities
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In _____ individuals acquire beliefs about appropriate ways to speak and interpret
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speech communities
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___ is a physical object connected closely to another physical object (or state, etc.)
____ is a physical object connected to a thought, emotion, etc. |
a sign
a symbol |
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Smoke leaking under a door is a _____ of fire
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sign
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Painting the iowa state fair cow red is like "shooting a bald eagle"
The quote an example of |
symbol
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A system of symbols that are only meaningful together is a
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symbolic code
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___ are only meaningful within systems
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symbols
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___ are arbitrary
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symbols
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___ are connections between objects/words and ideas/emotions. Those connections are meaning
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symbols
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"I spent $10,000 on therapy in order to communicate with my dad"
this is an example of communication in its ____ sense |
symbolic
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Arbitrary connects with ___
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symbols
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Directness connects with
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signs
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Women face name choices when they get married. The choices they make are ____ within the culture
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symbolic
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Taking over a symbol (EX: a term of address/reference) and claiming a new, more positive meaning for it
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appropriation
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This is an example of _____
Meredith Brooks: "I'm a *****" |
appropriation
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What is at stake in choices between alternatives?
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The are symbolic communication and could communicate an idea either positively or negatively (EX: not taking your husband's last name)
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_____ are loaded
they symbolically construct identities, relationships, and history |
names
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what are the three separate distinctions between "mere talk" and "real communication"
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Communication: close, supportive, flexible
Mere talk: distant, neutral, rigid |
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"We're here, we're *****, get used to us" is an example of
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appropriation
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____ is an evaluation backed up by power
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Ideology
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"that's just weird" as a reaction to a name change is an example of ___
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ideology
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Why is intentionality a subject of debate for communication scholars?
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Because it is unclear whether meaning is located in the intention of the speaker or in the interpretation of the listener.
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what is the difference between nonverbal communication and metacommunication?
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metacommunication gives you rules about how to interpret the uttered speech,
nonverbal does not have any type of rule and is SOLELY communication |
