Chapter 1

Question 1

Communication

Answer 1

exchange of ideas, information, desires and needs between a sender and a receiver. It has verbal and non verbal components

Question 2

Language

Answer 2

socially shared code, and a learned behavior representing concepts by using arbitrary symbols

Question 3

Systematic Language

Answer 3

combination of parts that form a complex whole. These are put together in predictable ways

Question 4

Language uses…..

Answer 4

rules, symbols (written, spoken, signed), that are all arbitrary

Question 5

Arbitrary

Answer 5

no relationship between the symbols and what they represent

Question 6

Conventional

Answer 6

rules we follow and the symbols we use are determined by general agreements and accept usage

Question 7

How many aspects of language are there, and what are they?

Answer 7

5. phonology, semantics, morphology, syntax, pragmatics

Question 8

1.Phonology

Answer 8

the sound system for language ~speech sounds

Question 9

2.Semantics

Answer 9

the meaning of words and word combinations. (I wave to my friend, I see a wave in the ocean)

Question 10

3.Morphology

Answer 10

the smallest unit of meaning~ free and bound.

Question 11

4.Syntax

Answer 11

the grammar of language~ how words are combined

Question 12

5.Pragmatics

Answer 12

the social use of language (yelling, commenting, stating)

Question 13

Speech

Answer 13

acoustic representation of language

Question 14

Articulation

Answer 14

speech sound formation

Question 15

Fluency

Answer 15

smooth, forward flow of communication

Question 16

Voice

Answer 16

quality of the speech

Question 17

How Many Extralinguistic Aspects of Speech, and what are they?

Answer 17

3. paralinguistic, nonlinguistic, metalinguistic

Question 18

1.paralinguistic

Answer 18

intonation, rate, stress, pausing (Suprasegmentals)

Question 19

2.nonlinguistic

Answer 19

gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, body movements (Proxemics)

Question 20

3.metalinguistic

Answer 20

talk about, analyze, think about, judge language

Question 21

Suprasegmentals

Answer 21

I WANT you to do this/ I want YOU to do this

Question 22

Proxemics

Answer 22

amount of personal space between others

Question 23

Dialect

Answer 23

systematic variations in the production of language that occur in an identifiable subgroup

Question 24

Phonological

Answer 24

accents

Question 25

Lexical

Answer 25

particular vocabularies

Question 26

Syntactical

Answer 26

different grammar use

Question 27

True or False: We change a person’s dialect.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

Communicative Competence

Answer 28

~speakers behavior must be related to topic
~must have an effect on the listeners behavior
~must make adjustments to their message when first
two aren’t met