COMM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Determinant
29 Mar 2017
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A system of symbols and codes used to construct and convey messages. No inherent meaning but we agree on a meaning of that symbol. We create a picture of that symbol in our head. Referent is the object for which that symbol stands, the thing that the symbol represents. Symbol symbolizes a thought which refers to a referent. A symbol is created to represent a referent. Our personal relationship or meaning, our interpretive meaning of the word. If someone says, i"m tired but you think of it as a frustrating thing. Creating our own common language within ourselves. A common experience with someone else that creates a shared meaning with each other. We change the way we speak, based on who we are around. Even as we think, we think primarily through language. The words we have in our world, influence how we think about things. If you don"t have a strong language then you wont have strong thoughts.
