CMST 2010 Chapter : Audible Acts Of Meaning
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Audible act of meaning words use for expression combined with paralinguistic cues (tone, pitch, timbre, speed, etc. ) and anything heard rather than seen. Messages behavioral expressions, consisting of shared symbols produced in the effort to convey some internal state. Lexical meaning meaning of a word without reference to a particular context or sentence within it might be placed. Syntax patterned ways words are combined to form longer utterances (like sentences: grammar, sentence structure, conventions. Different speakers utilize speech in different ways: use pauses, filter words (hesitations) "like" and "um, pronounce words clearly or unclearly, vary aspects of vocal range. Powerful and powerless speech: powerful confident, effective speech, powerless unsure, difficulty getting the point across, hesitations, hedges cautions notes of how an utterance is to be taken. Verbal immediacy the degree to which the speaker associates themselves with their message: people will distance themselves from a topic they dislike in their language.
