Definitions
Statements that have more than one commonly accepted definition
What is Equivocal Language
A friend told you she is "likely" to show up to your event. This is an example of what.
What is Relative Language
How we interpret language in a given context
What are Pragmatic Rules
"I'm kinda dissapointed that you didn't show up."
What is Hedges
Statements used to avoid taking responsibility for ownership of a message, attributing it instead to some unidentified source
What are "it" Statments
Vague in nature
What is Abstract Language
People are consistent and unchanging
What is static evaluation
"who am I?" "who is he/she?"
What is Self-Concept
" Uh, can I have a minute of your time?"
What is Hesitations
Accepting responsibility for source of a message
What are "I" statements
The process of adapting ones's speech style to match that of others with whom the communicator wants to identify
What is convergence
A phenomenon described at various levels of specificity and abstraction?
What is the Abstraction Ladder
Your Boss says to you, "you look nice today" and you reply "thank you". What is the definition of this statement?
What is Episode
"I'm really glad to see you."
What is Intensifiers
Strategy for wrapping speakers real but, unpleasant message between more palatable ideas.
what are "but" statements
Powerless speech is that attempts to distance a speaker from remarks that might be unwelcomed
What is Disclaimer
These phrases can cause problems and can also be useful because they have more than one commonly accepted definition
Ambiguous language
How you relate to one another within a specific situation would be an example of?
What is Relationship
"I probably shouldn't say this, but..."
What is Disclaimers
Statement that expresses judgment of another person
what is "you" statement
Language spoken by Hopi Native Americans represents a view of reality that is dramatically different from that of more familiar tongues.
What is Sapir-Whorf hypothesisn
The way in which users assign meaning to a particular linguistic symbol
What is Semantic Rules
Individual sets of Pragmatic Rules that involve low-context or high-context language
What is Culture
"Its about time we got started, isn't it?"
What are Tag Questions
Joint concern and responsibility of both the receiver and sender of the message.
what are "we" statements