Chapter 2: Verbal Communication
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Transcript of Chapter 2: Verbal Communication
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CHAPTER 2Foundation of Verbal
Knowledge
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In three pieces of paper write…
• The name of the grossest insect, bug, or animal you can thing of
• The name of your least favorite food
• The word you use to call your mom
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The language dilemma
• Does language create meaning?
• Does meaning create language?
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How did we get here?
• We derive meaning through our backgrounds, experiences, perceptions.
• Thus, people interpret information differently
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What affects our understanding of meaning?
• Different frames of reference lead to difference denotative and connotative meanings
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How do we learn language?
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Language Explosion Theory
• Parents
• Childhood
• School • Peers • Friends • BOOM!
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Significant-Other Theory
• Individuals have no identity except in relation to others
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Functions of language
• Emotive language: – Employs emotional, connotative words to express attitudes and
emotions
• Phatic language– Used to perform social tasks
• Cognitive language– Used to convey information
• Rhetorical language– Used to influence thoughts and actions / Persuade
• Identifying language– Centers on naming persons or things to clarify of what is being spoken
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Language Distortion
• Ambiguity– Double meaning
• Vagueness– Unclear– Doublespeak
• Inferences– Assumptions
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The language dilemma
• Language is always evolving