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Week 2
McIntire 110-122
Question | Answer |
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What is the definition of message analysis | To make a theory usable and to demystify the skill of interpreting |
According to Selskovitch (in his own words) what is an interpreter’s task | Search for equivalents in two different languages |
How does Germain define background knowledge/situation? | Set of facts known by the speaker and the listener at the moment the speech act occurs. |
What is the definition of content? | Refers to the fats, ideas, information and other objective material expressed in an utterance. |
What is the definition of a proposition? | An idea thought or any objectively expressed concept within the discourse. |
The subject meaning experienced by the listener is called what? | Connotative |
Affect is the _______ and _______ conveyed in the text. | Volume and tone |
How is Affect perceived by listeners? | Through volume and stress patterns,vocabulary choices,linguistic and paralinguistic clues |
__________ ___________ is the relative impact (low-high) a message has on its receiver. | Contextual force |
What are metanotative qualities? | Qualities of a message that allows us to answer questions about he speaker. Qualities of a messages and speakers are those non-content characteristics that influence or determine a person’s overall impressions of the speaker |
By using this method of message analysis we should be able to gain insight into our present level of functioning. | Critique |
_______ ________ it allows us to focus our energy on the “problem” thereby using that energy efficiently | Identifying difficulties |
True/False: We should feel bad when we cannot find an equitant 100% of the time. | False |