chapter 10 vocab Flashcards
audience design
constructing utterances to suit the audience’s knowledge
common ground
information that is shared by people who engage in a conversation
ingroup
group to which a person belongs
lexicon
words and expressions
linguistic intergroup bias
a tendency for people to characterize positive things about their ingroup using more abstract expressions, but negative things about their outgroups using more abstract expressions
outgroup
group to which a person does not belong
priming
a stimulus presented to a person reminds them about other ideas associated with the stimulus
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
the hypothesis that the language that people use determines their thoughts
situational model
a mental representation of an event, object, or situation constructed at the time of comprehending a linguistic description
social brain hypothesis
the hypothesis that the human brain has evolved, so that humans can maintain larger ingroups
social networks
networks of social relationships among individuals through which information can travel
syntax
rules by which words are strung together to form sentences
