So You Want To Be An Interpreter? Flashcards
39% of meaning is found in…
Vocal intonation
55% of meaning is found in…
Gestures, body language, and facial expressions
What are the 2 elements included in a contextual environment?
Physical location and personal history
What are the 4 types of noise?
External, physical, physiological, and psychological
External noise
Noise that you hear or see
Physiological noise
Biological factors
Psychological noise
Internal thoughts and feelings
What are the 4 pragmatic rules?
Who made the statement, location, tone/nonverbal behaviors, relationship between participants
Equivocal language
Deliberate use of words or phrases that can be interpreted multiple ways
Euphemistic language
Use of socially acceptable terms in place of blunt, descriptive ones
Abstract language
Non-specific language
Passive voice
Person or thing performing the action is not overtly stated
What are the 6 types of powerless speech?
Hedges, hesitations, intensifiers, polite forms, tag questions/up talk, and disclaimers
Hedges
Qualifiers that weaken the statement being made. Ex. Sort of, kind of, could
Hesitations
Fillers preceding and during an utterance
Intensifiers
Unnecessary modifiers added to an utterance which obscure the message. Ex. So, very, truly
Polite forms
Words and phrases used for more than simple politeness. Ex. Excuse me, I was wondering, if you don’t mind