Bus Comm - Sheet3

Question 1

Define Symbol

Answer 1

Something used for or regarded as representating something else

Question 2

Define referent

Answer 2

object for which an object stands

Question 3

Define denotation

Answer 3

primary association a word has for most members of given linguistic community

Question 4

Define connotation

Answer 4

secondarhy assotiations a word has for more members of the community

Question 5

Define semantic differential

Answer 5

with it you can test a person’s reactions to any concept or term

Question 6

List Meanings of language

Answer 6

private and shared

Question 7

Define hsared meaning

Answer 7

some correspondence between the message as perceived by the sener and the receiver

Question 8

List issues with codes

Answer 8

overlapping, codeswitching

Question 9

Define overlapping codes

Answer 9

codes which provide an area of commonality but which also contain areas of unshared codification

Question 10

Define codeswitching

Answer 10

shifting to different styles and introducing shifts in vocabulary or syntax

Question 11

Define Sapir whorf hypothesis

Answer 11

word is perceived differently by members of different communities and this perception is transmitted and sustained by language

Question 12

List Language Problems

Answer 12

Abstract, inference, dichotomies, euphemisms, equivocal language

Question 13

Define abstract

Answer 13

vague

Question 14

Define Inference

Answer 14

conclusion or judgment derived from evidence or assumption

Question 15

Define Dichtomies

Answer 15

polar words

Question 16

Define euphemisms

Answer 16

substitute mild, vague or less emotionally charged terms for more blunt ones

Question 17

Define equivocal

Answer 17

has two or more possible interpretations

Question 18

List types of talk

Answer 18

report and raport

Question 19

Define report

Answer 19

as a menas to preserve independence and negotiate and maintain status in a hierarchical social order

Question 20

Define rapport

Answer 20

establish connections and negotiate relationships, often for greater closeness

Question 21

Feminist theories

Answer 21

theories of difference, theories of dominance

Question 22

Define metacommunication

Answer 22

communication about communication