Chapter 5 Flashcards
Importance of VERBAL communication (3)
- Message creation
- Identity and relationship development
- Language is tied to identity
Instrumental FOL
Gets you what you need or want
Ex: Asking for food
Regulatory FOL
Controls the behaviors of others
Ex: telling people to be quiet
Informative FOL
Shares knowledge
Ex: a professor lecturing
Heuristic FOL
Leads to increased knowledge
Ex: asking a question in class
Interactional FOL
Start and maintain relationships
Ex: Asking someone on a date
Personal Language FOL
Expresses personality
Ex: Telling a joke
Imaginative FOL
Express your creativity or artistic ability
Ex: singing
Four Components of Language
- Phonology
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
Phonology
The sounds that compose language and their meanings
Syntax
The rules that govern word order
Semantics (+2)
The study of meaning
- Denotative meaning: literal
- Connotative meaning: socially understood
Pragmatics
How language is used in specific situations to accomplish goals
Includes: speech act theory, conversational rules, and contextual rules
Speech Act Theory
We do things with our word
Direct speech act: drive me to the store
Indirect speech act: would you be able to drive me to the store?
Conversational rules
How communication is organized
Ex: Turn-taking, turn-maintaining, turn-yielding
