Interpersonal Communication Ch. 5 & 6 Vocab.

Question 1

Equivocation

Answer 1

Consists of statements that have more than one commonly accepted definition.

Question 2

Relative language

Answer 2

Gain their meaning by comparison.

Question 3

Static evaluation

Answer 3

It is an incorrect belief, as in a statement that contains or implied word is that leads to the mistaken assumption that people are consistent and unchanging.

Question 4

Abstract language

Answer 4

Vague in nature.

Question 5

Syntactic rules

Answer 5

Govern the grammar of a language.

Question 6

Pragmatic rules

Answer 6

Linguists rules that help communicators understand how messages may be used Andre interpreted in a given text.

Question 7

Chrome ice

Answer 7

Use of how humans use time

Question 8

Haptic

Answer 8

Describe the study of touch

Question 9

Kinesics

Answer 9

Body position and motion

Question 10

Proxemics

Answer 10

Study of the way animals and humans use interpersonal space and distance.

Question 11

Semantic rules

Answer 11

The ways in which users of a language assign meaning to a particular linguistic symbol, usually a word.