LECTURW 11- SPEECH AS COMMUNICATION

Question 1

what are some aspects of communication

Answer 1

linguistics, motivational, social aspects

Question 2

global assumptions about listener

Answer 2

preferred, language, general language, shared experiences

Question 3

local assumptions about listener

Answer 3

attending to a given moment

Question 4

common ground

Answer 4

shared knowledge between speakers – work together to ensure mutual understanding

Question 5

ways to tailor to common ground= syntactic priming

Answer 5

speaker copes words, phrases heard previously, other persons speaking provides a prime/ prompt

Question 6

ways to tailor to commmon ground- gesture

Answer 6

assumed to increase ability to communicate with listener. Makes it easier to work out what to say. Use gestures even when we can’t see the speaker. STUDY= when gestures could not be used 22% fewer words were produced (Horbury and Guttentag)

Question 7

ways to tailor to common ground- prosodic cues

Answer 7

how words are uttered (rhythm, stress, intonation), more likely to be used when sentence is ambiguous

Question 8

ways to tailor to common ground- discourse markers

Answer 8

words/phrases that are not directly relevant to the speaker’s message. Check speaker understands, speaker experiences problems deciding what to say.