HSS 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cloven Hoof, Linguistics

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2102
• Professor: Tien Nguyen

Document Summary

Verbal communication: the way which we use words to generate meaning. The many meanings of love: romantic love, love for family and friends, love for a pet, love for a hobby or sport, love of country. Signs and symbols: sign, an image that stands for or represents something specific and often looks like or depicts the thing it represents, symbol, an arbitrary collection of sounds that in certain combinations stand for concepts. Strategies for avoiding gender bias with pronouns: use plural forms, e(cid:454). (cid:862)their(cid:863) i(cid:374)stead of (cid:862)her/his(cid:863) Avoid using any pronoun: e(cid:454). (cid:862)good speakers pa(cid:455) (cid:272)areful atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) to la(cid:374)guage(cid:863) Use (cid:448)ariatio(cid:374) of (cid:862)he or she(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)his or hers(cid:863: e(cid:454). (cid:862)her or his(cid:863) i(cid:374)stead of (cid:862)his or her(cid:863) Gender-biased words: table to the right. Code switching: adapting to the many contexts in which we communicate, ex. How we modify our verbal and nonverbal communication in different contexts: ex.