Communication and Language Concepts

Question 1

Role of the Speaker

Answer 1

Encode thoughts into mental representations of words; determine meaning of the message

Question 2

Role of the Listener

Answer 2

Decode sound waves into steam of speech sounds, then into words

Question 3

Language

Answer 3

A learned symbolic system; rule based allowing for infinite number of utterances

Question 4

Speech

Answer 4

Oral expression of language

Question 5

Extralinguistic aspects of communication

Answer 5

Paralinguistics (prosody), non-verbal communication, metalinguistics

Question 6

Paralinguistics

Answer 6

melodic components of speech; stress, pitch, intonation

Question 7

Metalinguistics

Answer 7

Use of language to talk about and analyze language; monitoring and clarifying messages

Question 8

Phonology

Answer 8

speech sounds and the rules for sound sequence

Question 9

Semantics

Answer 9

the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text; figurative meanings; super and subordination (categories); concrete and abstract

Question 10

Syntax

Answer 10

rules that govern the structure of the sentence; (S+V+O)

Question 11

Morphology

Answer 11

rules for using grammatical markers or inflections; bound and free

Question 12

Pragmatics

Answer 12

function of language; connected flow of language

Question 13

Communication competence

Answer 13

ability to use language appropriately and strategically in social contexts