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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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is as mechanical as
breathing; essentially makes all human activities
possible (establish identity, create and maintain
relationships)

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Human communication

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allows people to convey their
thoughts and intended meanings to others
in a language they mutually understand

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Sharing

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Verb –” (makes all human
activities possible)

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“communicare”

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Noun –” (relational process of
creating and interpreting messages that
elicit response)

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“communis”

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5
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‘It’s not JUST oral communication. It’s body
language, eye contact, the grinning, the little
signals that go on between people.’ – Keith
Richards

Process by which information is transmitted
& understood between two or more people

Involves paralinguistics (tone, pitch, pace),
and silence; all convey several meanings

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Communication

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(tone, pitch, pace),

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paralinguistics

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all convey several meanings

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silence

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Proficiency in phonetics and phonology,
morphology and syntax/grammar

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Linguistic Competence

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9
Q

In which situations are supposed to call
people using their names or to call them with
honorifics (Sir/Ma’am)?

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Communicative Competence (Dell Hymes)

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10
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Refers to our ability to use
appropriate language given a
specific context

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Sociolinguistic Competence (Dell Hymes)

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11
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Pertains to our understanding of
anything beyond the sentence
structure
▪ Understanding silence
▪ Understanding simple smirk

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Discourse/Pragmatic Competence (Dell
Hymes)

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12
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Compensatory strategies

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Strategic Competence

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13
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[Helps us understand the complexities in the process of
communication and convince you to be more cognizant of the
message, the slightest emotion, the subtle non-verbal
gesture, the subdued tones, the context, the intentions, and
other factors because it is essentially our obligation to make
communication work according to its purpose.]

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Purposive Communication

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14
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Ability of the sender and the receiver to
encode and decode the
messages/information

Extent to which both parties have similar
codebooks

Shared mental models about the topic’s
contexts

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Communication effectiveness depends on the
following:

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15
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refers to the range of linguistic varieties

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Linguistic repertoire

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16
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occurs in different levels – sounds, wordstructure, grammar

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Linguistic variation

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17
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words, pronunciation, and methods of
combining them used and understood by a
community

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Language

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18
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source/sender, receiver/listener, channels, feedback, barriers, message, & context

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ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION

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19
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unidirectional
- proper planning of the message is crucial
- to be able to get across the message we wish
to convey to your audience
- we have been expecting even prior to the
delivering of the message

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[Aristotle’s and Laswell’s models

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bi- directional
- how interferences would affect our
conveyance of the message

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Osgood’s and Barnlund’s models

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21
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WHOSE MODEL?- how other factors would affect the dynamics in
the communication elements]

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Wood, Adler and Towne’s models

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22
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earliest model, even though simple message
has to be carefully crafted for it to be
effective

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Aristotle’s linear model

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23
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3 types of Appeal (Rhetorical Appeals)

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Pathos, Logos, & Ethos

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24
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emotional appeal;
audience’s emotions (heartwarming stories, personal
experiences, humorous jokes,
pitiful photographs)

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Pathos

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25
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– logical appeal; reasoning
done through effective use of
message (statistics and facts)

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Logos

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ethical appeal; message’s
credibility (use of quotes from
experts, testimonies)

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Ethos

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WHOSE MODEL? Based on five questions; selecting the appropriate
communication channel
Who says?
What?
Through what channel?
To whom?
With what effect?

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Laswell’s linear model

28
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✓ face-to-face conversation
✓ social media

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Verbal

29
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Oculesics, Haptics, Proxemics, & Chronemics

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Non-verbal

30
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eye movement/behavior

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Oculesics

31
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using sense of touch;
handshakes, high-five

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Haptics

32
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body language and space
created

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Proxemics

33
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time

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Chronemics

34
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Social acceptance & Media richness

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Choosing the best channel

35
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– how well the
communication is approved /
supported

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Social acceptance

36
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medium’s data
carrying capacity – the volume and the
variety of information that can be
transmitted during a specific time

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Media richness

37
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circular in nature; interaction; two-way street
* taking turns; every message shape the next
* have individual fields of experience that likely
obstruct the process; find means to settle at
field of common experience

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Osgood-Schramm’s model

38
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WHOSE MODEL?
Most transactional model
* Giving messages is reciprocal;simultaneously engaging in sending and
receiving messages
* Presence of noise that could lead to
miscommunication

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Barnlund’s transactional model

39
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External Noise & Internal Noise

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Two types of noise

40
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– unpleasant sound
in the environment

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External Noise

41
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– communicator’s
state or feelings

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Internal Noise

42
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people with different
linguistic backgrounds naturally don’t have
common language code; jargons

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Linguistic barrier

43
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Detailed model
* Possible context that greatly influence the
flow of communication (situational, sociocultural, physical, interpersonal,
organizational)
* Communicator’s culture, education,
experiences, moods, emotions could either
interfere or facilitate with the process
* Highlights context i.e. circumstances that
encompass the communicative event that
affects communicator’s use of language,
mode and channel

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Wood, Adler and Towne’s model

43
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  • challenges the communicator to strategically
    use a language that is understood, familiar,
    and accepted in a context, in order to
    communicate his/her specific intentions
  • communicator fails to consider context,
    there is a possibility of a communication
    breakdown
  • PURPOSE and CONTEXT are two important
    factors why language varies
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Purposive Communication

44
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Factors that shape the way conversations begin:

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Audience, Context, & Purpose

45
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It means anticipating and weighing the effects of
one’s message on an audience.
➢ It is also using information that come from credible,
verifiable, and relevant sources.
➢ It is communicating with no intent to harm others.
➢ It is being careful, attentive, and inclusive through
word choice and tone
➢ It is looking at differences as a way to understand
each other and what matters to us.
➢ It never silences, and welcome disagreements as
opportunities for knowing others in a more respectful
and thoughtful manner.

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Ethical use of Language

46
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➢ It refers to the style and degrees of formality that we
use depending on our communication contexts.

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Register

47
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Categories of Register:

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FORMAL, INFORMAL, & Neutral

48
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It is more appropriate to
professional writing and letters to a boss or
a stranger

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FORMAL

49
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It is also called casual or
intimate. It is more conversational and
appropriate when writing to friends and
people you know very well.

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INFORMAL

50
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It is non-emotional and sticks to
facts. It is more appropriate for technical
writing.

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Neutral

51
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Contribute to convey thoughts and emotions in a non-verbal manner

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Body Language, Facial expressions, and Tone

52
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➢ Assert and/or hide one’s identity
➢ Stress and/or dismiss the importance of an idea
➢ Evoke a certain emotion or feeling
➢ Demonstrate one’s attitude
➢ Reveal one’s values
➢ Allow and/or control participation

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Functions of Non-Verbal Elements:

53
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– is a way of life that is cultivated and
deepened in a community of people who share
similar beliefs, values, behaviors, and goals

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CULTURE

54
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Five Characteristic Stages in the Spread of English:

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Foundation, Exonormative Stabilization, Nativization, Endonormative Stabilization, & Differentiation

55
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WHOSE MODEL? The evolutionary cycle of postcolonial Englishes

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Schneider’s Model

56
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Extralinguistic background, Identity constructions of the parties involved, Sociolinguistic determinants of the contact
settings, & Linguistic consequences

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4 Parameter

57
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(history, politics)

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Extralinguistic background

58
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(culture, history, politics)

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Identity constructions of the parties involved

59
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(conditions of language contact
language use, language attitudes)

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Sociolinguistic determinants of the contact
settings

60
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(changes in lexis,
grammar, phonology)

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Linguistic consequences

61
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Other reasons why there are other Englishes:

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➢ Bilingual Creativity
➢ Contact of the English speakers with multilingual
and multicultural contexts
➢ Long term contact

62
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  • the competencies in two (or more)
    languages resulted to creative linguistic
    processes
  • also refers to the designing of a text (or
    speech) which uses linguistic resources
    from two or more unrelated languages
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Bilingual Creativity

63
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nativization and
acculturation

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Long term contact

64
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So why use World Englishes?

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➢ The term symbolizes functional and formal
variations
➢ Divergent sociolinguistic context
➢ Various types of acculturations are happening
all over the world
➢ Emphasizes ‘WE-ness’, not the dichotomy
between ‘us’ and ‘them’ (native and nonnative)

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