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The Nature and Purpose of Language
Purpose for Language
Relationship between Language and Meaning
Culture and Gender Influences
Make your messages memorable
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is both a body of symbols (most commonly words) and the systems for their use in messages that are common to the people of the same speech community.
What is Language
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They serve the same purpose.
What do all languages have in common?
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The position of a word in a sentence and the other words around it.
What is syntactic context?
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Cultures in which messages are direct,specific and detailed.
What is low context cultures?
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Wording that is full of life,bright and intense.
What is vivid wording?
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Symbols used by a speech community to represent objects,ideas, and feelings.
What are words?
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Designate,label,define, and limit
We use language to...?
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The direct, explicit meaning a speech community formally gives a word.
What is denotation?
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Cultures in which messages are indirect,general, and ambiguous.
What are high context cultures?
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A direct comparison of dissimilar things.
What is a smilie?
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Mandrin Chinese, English, Spanish
What are three of the five largest speech communities?
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convey positive or negative attitudes toward our subject.
How do we use language to evaluate?
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The feelings or evaluations we associate with a word.
What is connotation?
300
Use words of empathy and support, emphasize concrete and personal language,and show politeness and tentativeness in speaking?
What is feminine styles of language?
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A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared.
What is a metaphor?
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A group of people who speak the same language.
What is a speech community?
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We use language to discuss things outside our immediate experience.
How we use language for the future?
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syntactic context (the position of a word in a sentence and the other words around it)
Why can meanings vary?
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Use words of status and problem solving,emphasize abstract and general language, and show assertiveness and control in speaking.
What are masculine styles of language?
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The weight or importance given to certain words or ideas.
What is emphasis?
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A theory claiming that language influences perception.
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
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To clarify and interpret language?
How do we use language to talk about language?
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Creation of new words, abandonment of old words
What are two ways that language changes over time?
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I can understand how you feel....
What is a use of feminine language?
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Listeners cannot simply reread what you say.
Why do you need effective verbal messages?