COMM 3620 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Linguistic Relativity, Ableism, Tag Question
8 May 2016
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Chapter 5 : language and interpersonal communication in class activity few: 3 or 4 several: 7-9 many: 15 a lot: 30 occurs least frequently: almost never not far away: 5-10 min. cheap car: 1000. Language and verbal messages language encompasses our vocabulary and our knowledge about when to sue particular words, what words mean, and how we can put words together to create a meaningful message. Focusing on verbal communication features of verbal communication: fluid: words mean different things depending on the people and situation. Different knowledge about when to use a certain word: ex: the word gay first came to america in 16th century and meant happy. In 17th century meant inhibited and free in sexuality. In the 1920s, started using it just for people attracted to the same sex. 1. language is abstract: words are not the things that they represent.
