Purposive Communication

Defining Language

1

According to Sapir (1921), language is a purely __________ and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions, and desires 

human

2

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

3

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

4

What does utong mean in Ilocano?

Sitaw/Munggo

5

What language is the amalgamation of the many Filipino languages in the Philippines?

Filipino

Characteristics of Language

1

True or False: According to Fromkin & Rodman, some languages are considered "primitive" while others are complex.

False

2

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

3

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 

4

"Male" vs. "Female" or "Animate" vs. "Inanimate" are examples of what kind of universals found in every language?

Semantic Universal

5

What is the reason why a child born anywhere in the world can learn any language?

Exposure or experience

Communication Universals

1

This universal states that even when you are silent, you are still sending messages.

You cannot "not" communicate. 

2

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 

3

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

4

Liking, responsiveness, control, and ______ are features of relationship dimension.

Trust

5

This universal refers to the idea that communication is a series of "punctuated events" and is specific to what?

Culture

Elements & Levels of Communication

1

What level of communication is often referred to as "self-talk" and involves only one person?

Intrapersonal

2

How many people are normally involved in Interpersonal Communication?

2 people

3

This level of communication involves a single message sent to a large group, often through powerful media.

Mass communication

4

What is the typical range of people involved in "Group Communication"?

3-8 people

5

Name five of the eight essential components of communication listed in the lesson.

Source, Message, Channel, Receiver, Feedback, Environment, Context, Interference.

Barriers & Nonverbal Cues

1

Which barrier is concerned with faulty words, problems with translations, and issues with encoding/decoding?

Semantic barrier

2

Emotional factors, such as the mental state of the sender or receiver, fall under which type of barrier?

Psychological barrier

3

Haptics is a nonverbal communication which pertains to the sense of what?

Touch

4

Obstructions caused by strict company hierarchies or rules are known as what kind of barriers?

Organizational barrier

5

It is a type of nonverbal communication that pertains to the qualities of voice such as tone, intonation, and loudness.

^{Paralanguage or paralinguistics}