Chapter 5- Verbal Communication

Question 1

Functions of language??

Answer 1

Helps communicate effectively.
Express gratitude.
Increase feeling and liking.

Question 2

Function of language:

Instrumental-

Answer 2

Obtains something that we want.

Ex: Sending Bday letter. Wanting your friends to come.

Question 3

FoL: Regulatory-

Answer 3

Control/Regulate behavior of others.

Ex: For your Bday, you ask them to bring gifts.

Question 4

FoL: Informative-

Answer 4

Communicate info and facts

Ex: Include date and time in invitation.

Question 5

FoL: Heuristic-

Answer 5

Acquiring knowledge/understanding.

Ex: When sent invitation, ask them to respond and see if they’re available or not.

Question 6

FoL: Interactional-

Answer 6

Establishes and defines social relationship.

Ex: Invite friends to party to help maintain friendship.

Question 7

FoL: Personal Language-

Answer 7

Using language to express your personality.
Ex: Call your friends using nicknames.
Ex: When invite them, PM them jokes to express humor.

Question 8

FoL: Imaginative-

Answer 8

Use language to express ourselves creativity.

Ex: As in dramas.

Question 9

Component of languages-

Answer 9

Languages has its own rules of grammar.

Question 10

Phonological rules-

Answer 10

Sound of words.

Question 11

Syntactic rules-

Answer 11

Structure of words.
Ex: Vodka makes you’re sick when you’re well.
Vodka, when you’re sick, makes you well.

Question 12

Semantic rules-

1. Denotative meaning-
2. Connotative meaning-

Answer 12

Meaning of words.

1. Dictionary meaning.
2. Interpretive meaning.

Question 13

Pragmatic rules-

Answer 13

Emphasized how language is used in specific situations. Context.

Question 14

Pragmatic rules

Speech Act Theory-

Answer 14

What people said and meant aren’t coincide.
Ex: Make a bet. Talking and doing it at the same time.
Ex: Anything could either be an excuse or criticism depends on how you take it as.

Question 15

Conversational rules-

Answer 15

The way which communicators organize conservation.

Ex: If being asked, answer it. If you don’t know, say so.

Question 16

Contextual rules-

Answer 16

Governing what topic are appropriate in different environment.
Ex: You won’t discuss certain thing during funerals.

Question 17

IoL: Dialect-

Answer 17

Distinguish by vocab, grammar and pronunciation.

Question 18

IoL: Lexical choice-

Answer 18

vocab.

Question 19

IoL: Gender-

Answer 19

Men and women speaks in different dialects in the US.

Question 20

IoL: Age (cohort effect)-

Answer 20

Generational differences (people born in same decade views the world in the same way.)

Question 21

IoL: Regionality-

Answer 21

Transitioning from 1 region to another. Including habit and accent.

Question 22

IoL: Ethnicity and Race-

Code-switching-

Answer 22

Can influence syntax, accent and word choice by speaking more languages.
Changing language or dialect in different situation.

Question 23

IoL: Education and Occupation-

Jargon-

Answer 23

The more educated people are, the more similarity they speak.
Specialized terms in many professions.

Question 24

Symbolic-

Name-

Answer 24

Something that stands for something else.

Symbol stands for you.

Question 25

Words-

Answer 25

Are symbols that represent certain things.

Simplify amount of info.

Question 26

Powerless speech mannerisms-

Answer 26

Can make you appear less authoritative or socially attractive.

Question 27

Hedges-

Answer 27

“I think, kinda, um, well”

Question 28

Hesitations-

Answer 28

um, uh, hm…

Question 29

Tag questions-

Answer 29

isn’t it???

Question 30

Disclaimer-

Answer 30

I probably shouldn’t say this, but…

Question 31

“Thank you” and “sorry”

Answer 31

“thank you” and “sorry”

Question 32

Dis-confirmation-

Answer 32

Ignore a person’s present.

Question 33

Confirmation-

Answer 33

Acknowledging people.

Question 34

Nominalist-

Answer 34

Any idea can be expressed in any language.