VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS

Question 1

COLLECTION OF SIGNS, SYMBOLS, CODES, AND RULES

Answer 1

VERBAL COMMUNICATION

Question 2

MEANS THAT LANGUAGE PERMITS US TO DISCUSS TOPICS THAT CUT ACROSS TIME AND SPACE, REALITY AND FANTASY

Answer 2

DISPLACEMENT

Question 3

MEANS THAT VERBAL MESSAGES UST BE RECEIVED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY ARE SENT, OR THEY WILL BE LOST

Answer 3

RAPID FADING

Question 4

STANDS FOR OR REPRESENTS SOMETHING

Answer 4

SIGNS

Question 5

TWO TYPES OF SIGNS

Answer 5

NATURAL SIGNS, AND ARTIFICIAL OR CONVENTIONAL SIGNS

Question 6

SIGNS THAT ARE SIGNAL

Answer 6

NATURAL SIGNS

Question 7

SIGNS THAT ARE SYMBOLS

Answer 7

ARTIFICIAL/CONVENTIONAL SIGNS

Question 8

=PROVIDE MEANING WHEN A PARTICULAR SOCIETY HAS AGREED ON WHAT THEY WILL LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THEY WILL REPRESENT
=ARBITRARY AND AMBIGUOUS

Answer 8

SYMBOLS

Question 9

NEITHER TOTALLY ARBITRARY NOR SYMPTOMATIC

Answer 9

RITUAL

Question 10

THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE AND VERBAL BEHAVIOR IS RELATED TO THE STUDY OF

Answer 10

HUMAN SYMBOLIC ACTIVITY

Question 11

MEANINGS ARE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN WE _ SYMBOLS

Answer 11

INTERPRET

Question 12

is the literal or dictionary meaning of a word.

Answer 12

Denotative meaning

Question 13

=is the subjective attachment that people associate with a word or
symbol
=contains our judgments and evaluations.

Answer 13

Connotative meaning

Question 14

Language as a set of signs, symbols, and signals has _

Answer 14

GRAMMAR

Question 15

Communication happens
when individuals share a system of order called

Answer 15

GRAMMAR

Question 16

_, _, and _ can also be communicated verbally.

Answer 16

Power, status, and control

Question 17

_ also reduce the impact of an utterance.

Answer 17

Verbal qualifiers

Question 18

_ weaken the assertion of a speaker by adding a
question.

Answer 18

Tag questions

Question 19

The power and status of a
speaker is also related to _

Answer 19

lengthening of request

Question 20

developed by Howard Giles, suggests that people accommodate or adjust their style of speech in order to gain approval,
maintain social identity and make communication more effective

Answer 20

Speech Accommodation Theory

Question 21

John Searle said that in order to understand what the
speaker means. we must understand not only the speaker’s words but also his
intentions.

Answer 21

Speech Act Theory

Question 22

The strict dictionary meaning of a word

Answer 22

Denotation

Question 23

The emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word

Answer 23

Connotation

Question 24

Connotative words imply_____??

Answer 24

Emotions

Question 25

Plump = a full, round.
Fat = While similar in meaning to plump,
it has a very harsh and mean tone.
Is an example of???

Answer 25

Connotative