COMM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Communication Accommodation Theory, Multiple Choice, Intentionality
11 Jan 2017
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Terms and questions to be sure you know:
Communication: the field, the department/major, the symbolic term; Aristotle’s connection
4 dimensions of communicationTwo approaches (Tracy & Robles), the connections and
distinctions between them Identities in talk: Master, interactional, personal/relationalspeech
code/moral code/cultural code (all synonyms for the same idea); forks and
situations as examplesconstitutive view of communication, and how that’s different from the
representative
view ,symbols/signs – arbitrary vs. direct connections; naming practices as particularly rich
sources of symbolism (recognize examples, e.g. married peoples’ names, terms of
address and names among racial/ethnic groups)What is appropriation, and what are some
examples of it? What’s at stake in choices
between alternatives?)Katriel and Philipsen: distinctions between “real communication” and
“mere talk”
Ideology: What is it, and what’s an example of one related to communication?Why is
intentionality a subject of debate for communication scholars?WBJ’s view vs. Miller’s;
weaknesses of each; Tracy & Robles’ in-between view based on speech actscontent/relational
levels of communication; metacommunicationFacework: What is facework (esp. threats and
redress), and how is it related to speech acts?Language beyond the literal: indirectness and
humor; advantages/disadvantages of
directness, indirectness
Paralinguistics/prosody (the sight and sound of talk) : controlled enunciation, upward intonation,
dialects, accents (and evaluations of both – prestige/stigmatized, elite/folk bilingualism),
communication accommodation theory (CAT)
Sample questions:
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Multiple choice: Choose the BEST answer from the following:The response “that’s just
weird” to (e.g.) a name change is an example of
. a) Symbolism
. b) Rhetoric
. c) Ideology
. d) Real communication
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Document Summary
Terms and questions to be sure you know: Communication: the field, the department/major, the symbolic term; aristotle"s connection. ) katriel and philipsen: distinctions between real communication and. Language beyond the literal: indirectness and humor; advantages/disadvantages of directness, indirectness. Paralinguistics/prosody (the sight and sound of talk) : controlled enunciation, upward intonation, dialects, accents (and evaluations of both prestige/stigmatized, elite/folk bilingualism), communication accommodation theory (cat) Multiple choice: choose the best answer from the following: the response that"s just weird to (e. g. ) a name change is an example of a) symbolism b) rhetoric c) ideology d) real communication e) mere talk. Sample matching: for questions 1-5, match each idea on the left with the dimension of communication listed on the right. You will find 8 pairs of terms and choose 5 pairs. You need not define the terms unless it is part of the connection; you will not get credit for simply defining the terms.
