Modes of Communication

Question 1

What is VERBAL COMMUNICATION?

Answer 1

involves the use of language as a symbol to represent what we mean

Question 2

What are the FEATURES of language?

Answer 2

• symbolic
• ambiguous
• arbitrary
• abstract
• rule-governed

Question 3

What does it mean for language to be SYMBOLIC?

Answer 3

language is a set of symbols used to represent concepts and phenomena

Question 4

When does language AMBIGUITY occur?

Answer 4

when words have more than one meaning

Question 5

What does it mean for language to be ARBITRARY?

Answer 5

there are no necessary/natural relationships between words and the concepts they represent

Question 6

What is DENOTATION?

Answer 6

meaning from the dictionary

Question 7

What is CONNOTATION?

Answer 7

meaning from the people

Question 8

What does it mean for language to be ABSTRACT?

Answer 8

words don’t always have to correspond to a tangible object

Question 9

What does abstract language allows us to do?

Answer 9

subjectively describe objective phenomena

Question 10

What is easy but often results in miscommunication?

Answer 10

abstract language

Question 11

What does it mean for language to be RULE-GOVERNED?

Answer 11

each language has its own set of rules