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30 Cards in this Set
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language |
system of symbol that we use to think about and communicate experiences/feelings |
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denotative meaning |
its basic consistency accepted definition |
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connotative meaning |
the emotional or attitudinal response people have to it |
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cognitive language |
specific system of symbols that you use to describe people, things, and situations in your mind |
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grammar |
system of rules of a language that serves as a mechanism for creation of words, phrases, and sentences |
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communication acquisition |
requires that we not only learn individual words in language but also learn to use that language appropriately and effectively in the context/situation |
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informing |
the use of languages to both give and receive infer; one of the five functional communication competencies |
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feeling |
the use of language to express emotion; one of five communication competencies |
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imagining |
the ability to think, play, and be creative in communication; one of five comm competencies |
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ritualizing |
learning the rules for managing conversations and relationships, one of five comm competencies |
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abstraction ladder |
a model that ranks communication from specific, which ensures clarity to general and vague |
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evasion |
intentionally failing to provide specific details |
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equivocation |
using words that have unclear or misleading definitions |
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euphemisms |
an offensive word or phrase that substitutes for terms that mints be perceived as upsetting |
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slang |
informal language, nonstandard, and usually particular to a specific group |
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jargon |
technical language that is specific to members of a particular profession, interest group, or hobby |
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semantics |
study of the relationship among symbols, objects, people, and concepts; refers to the meaning that the words have for people |
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pragmatics |
the ability to use the symbol stems of a culture appropriately |
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biased language |
words that are infused with the subtle meanings that influence our perceptions about that subject |
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politically correct language |
language that replaces exclusive or negative words with the more neutral terms |
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profanity |
words or expressions considered insulting, rude, vulgar, or disrespectful |
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civility |
the social harm for appropriate behavior |
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speech repertoires |
a set of complex language behaviors or language possibilities that one calls on to most effectively and appropriately met the demands of a given relationship situation or cultural environment |
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high language |
a more formal polite or 'main stream' language. used in business contexts in the classroom and at formal social gatherings |
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low language |
a more informal easy going language used in informal and comfortable environments |
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sapir-whorf hypothesis |
the claim that the words a culture uses or doesn't use influence its members thinking |
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linguistic determinism |
the idea that language influences how we see the world around us |
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linguistic relativity |
the belief that speakers of different languages have different views of the world |
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code switching |
a type of accommodation in which communicators change their regular language and slang to fit into a particular group |
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style switching |
a type of accommodation in which communicators |