Defining Language
According to Sapir (1921), language is a purely __________ and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions, and desires
human
True or False: According to Fromkin & Rodman, some languages are considered "primitive" while others are complex.
False
This universal states that even when you are silent, you are still sending messages.
You cannot "not" communicate.
What level of communication is often referred to as "self-talk" and involves only one person?
Intrapersonal
Which barrier is concerned with faulty words, problems with translations, and issues with encoding/decoding?
Semantic barrier
If language refers to the systems of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Then, _________ refers to the versions of language such as Tagalog Ilocano and Tagalog Manila.
Dialects
What is the term for the characteristic that states there is no natural connection between the sounds of a word and its meaning?
Arbitrary or arbitrariness
All communication has two dimensions: the literal meaning (Content) and the one that defines the connection between sender and receiver. What is the second dimension?
Relationship
How many people are normally involved in Interpersonal Communication?
2 people
Emotional factors, such as the mental state of the sender or receiver, fall under which type of barrier?
Psychological barrier
Which scholar defined language in 1957 as a set of sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements?
Noam Chomsky
Every spoken language includes discrete sound segments defined by a finite set of properties, specifically having classes of these two types of sounds.
Vowels and consonants
Communication is "irreversible," meaning once you say something, you cannot take it back. What is the other related term meaning it cannot happen the exact same way twice?
Unrepeatable
This level of communication involves a single message sent to a large group, often through powerful media.
Mass communication
Haptics is a nonverbal communication which pertains to the sense of what?
Touch
What does utong mean in Ilocano?
Sitaw/Munggo
"Male" vs. "Female" or "Animate" vs. "Inanimate" are examples of what kind of universals found in every language?
Semantic Universal
Liking, responsiveness, control, and ______ are features of relationship dimension.
Trust
What is the typical range of people involved in "Group Communication"?
3-8 people
Obstructions caused by strict company hierarchies or rules are known as what kind of barriers?
Organizational barrier
What language is the amalgamation of the many Filipino languages in the Philippines?
Filipino
What is the reason why a child born anywhere in the world can learn any language?
Exposure or experience
This universal refers to the idea that communication is a series of "punctuated events" and is specific to what?
Culture
Name five of the eight essential components of communication listed in the lesson.
Source, Message, Channel, Receiver, Feedback, Environment, Context, Interference.
It is a type of nonverbal communication that pertains to the qualities of voice such as tone, intonation, and loudness.
Paralanguage or paralinguistics