Language: Definitions
equivocal words are words that...
have more than one definition.
meanings are in ___, not words.
people
the language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn is called ___.
culture
the degree to which members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous situations is ____
uncertainty avoidance
Define communication?
communication is the process of creating meaning through symbolic interaction.
A euphemism is...
A pleasant term substituted for a more direct but potentially disquieting one.
Language is ___ - arbitrary constructions that represent the communicator's thoughts
symbolic
What is the difference between in-group and out-group?
In-group are people with whom we identify and are emotionally connected, while out-group are people we view as different and with whom we have no sense of affiliation.
collectivistic, high-context, uncertainty avoidance, and high power distance are characteristics of what type of culture?
eastern cultures.
Our final is worth __% of our grade?
10%
What's the fallacy of ad hominen?
Attacking a person's character rather than debating the issue.
Slang is the language used by a group who below to a similar coculture, whereas Jargon is...
the specialized vocabulary that functions as a shorthand for people with common backgrounds and experiences
coculture is...
the perception of membership in a group that is part of an encompassing culture
western cultures view talk as ___ and silence as ___.
desirable/good; disinterest/incompatibility/hostility.
what is imaginary audience?
a heightened self-consciousness that makes it seem as if people are always observing and judging them.
Accents are pronunciations perceived as different from the local speech style, whereas dialects are a version of the same language that includes substantially different words and meanings.
The four types of rules are...
phonological rules, syntactic rules, semantic rules, and pragmatic rules
What is salience?
how much weight we attach to cultural characteristics in a particular situation.
An example of prejudiced assumptions that influence communcation is...
ethnocentrism, prejudice and stereotypes, or judgments/discrimination.
Prof Gormong sometimes pronounces height as ___.
heighth
Define two of the four linguistic rules.
Phonological: how words are pronounced
Syntactic: structure of language
Semantic: the meaning of specific words
pragmatic: how people use and understand language
Convergence and divergence are examples of ____
affiliative language
Adolescents' belief that they are different from everyone else is a...
personal fable.
What are the seven identities of intersectionality from our textbook?
Race and ethnicity, regional differences, sexual orientation and gender, religion, socioeconomic status, political viewpoint, and ability/disability.
how many chapters have we studies so far?
11