15 - Language and Communication Flashcards

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Communication?

A

Transfer of meaningful information from one person to another

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2
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Gestures?

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Meaningful body movements and postures

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3
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Language?

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A system of sounds that convey meaning because of shared grammatical and semantic rules

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4
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Utterance?

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Sounds made by one person to another

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5
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Locution?

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Words placed in sequence

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6
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Illocution?

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Words placed in sequence and the context in which this is done

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7
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Five primary purposes for intentionally using language to communicate?

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  1. say how something is signified
  2. get someone to do something
  3. express feelings and attitudes
  4. make a commitment
  5. accomplish something directly
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Linguistic relativity?

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View that language determines thought and therefore people who speak different languages see the world in very different ways

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Essentialism?

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Pervasive tendency to consider behaviour to reflect underlying and immutable, often innate properties of people or the groups they belong to

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10
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Linguistic category model?

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Words can be placed in one of four linguistic categories that vary from very concrete to very abstract

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Paralanguage?

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The non-linguistic accompaniments of speech

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12
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Speech style?

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The way in which something is said, rather than the content of what is said

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Social markers?

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Features of speech style that convey information about mood, context, status and group membership

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14
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Matched-guise technique?

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Research methodology to measure people’s attitudes towards a speaker based solely on speech style:
1. solidarity variables (close, friendly, warm)
2. status variables (intelligent, competent, powerful)

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15
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Received pronunciation (PR)?

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Standard, high status, spoken variety of english.
Research: standard varieties more favourably evaluated on status and competence, non standard on solidarity dimensions

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16
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Ethnolinguistic identity theory?

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Application and extension of social identity theory to deal with language behaviour of ethnolinguistic groups.

17
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Ethnolinguistic group?

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Social group defined principally in terms of its language

18
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Speech accommodation?

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Modification of speech style to the context (e.g. listener, situation) of a face to face interindividual conversation

19
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Speech convergence?

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Accent or speech-style shift towards that of the other person

20
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Speech divergence?

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Accent or speech style shift away from that of the other person

21
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Communication accommodation theory?

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Modification of verbal and nonverbal communication styles to the context of a face to face interaction - an extension of speech accommodation theory to incorporate nonverbal communication

22
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Ageism?

A

Prejudice and discrimination against people based on their age

23
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Speech?

A

Vocal production of language

24
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Nonverbal communication?

A

Transfer of meaningful information from one person to another by means other than written or spoken language

25
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Display rules?

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Cultural and situational rules that dictate how appropriate it is to express emotions in a given cultural context

26
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Visual dominance behaviour?

A

Tendency to gaze fixedly at a lower status speaker

27
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Kinesics?

A

Linguistics of body communication

28
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Emblems?

A

Gestures that replace or stand in for spoken language

29
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Five discrete categories of touch?

A
  1. Positive
  2. Playful
  3. Control
  4. Ritualistic
  5. Task related
    to these we can add negative affects and aggressive touches
30
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Proxemics?

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Study of interpersonal distance

31
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Personal space?

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Physical space around people’s bodies, which they treat as a part of themselves

32
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Intimacy equilibrium theory?

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Predicts that when intimacy signals are increased in one modality, they are increased in other modalities

33
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Bogus pipeline technique?

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A measurement technique that leads people to believe that a ‘lie detector’ can monitor their emotional responses, thus measuring their true attitudes