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Language
Speech Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| name some of the significances of language? | helps to express thoughts, helps us reflect feelings, cathartic effect, influence our perceptions, help us to sustain human civilization |
| how many languages are there in the world? | 6800+ |
| what is crazy about the significances of language? | we rae the only creatures that can learn from the past for the future. (speak in past present and future tenses) |
| what is the cathartic effect? | letting the steam out. (talking about it makes us feel better) |
| What is the nature of language? | meanings are in ppl, the word is not the thing, denotative/connotative, contains abstractions, culture and language are inseparable |
| what is the triangle of meaning? | thought - object - symbol (dotted line between object and symbol) |
| how can we respond to a word? (two ways) | intersionally, or extensionally |
| what is intensionally? | treating the thing as though it is the word. (what advertisers want you to do... name brand clothing, etc) |
| what is extensionally? | seeking outside verification to prove the traits of an object. (dont just take everything for fact) |
| what is denotative? | dictionary meaning |
| what is connotative? | the special meaning we give to words |
| what are the two types of connotative meanings? | affective, and informative |
| what is affective connotative? | the God Terms vs the devil terms |
| What are God Terms? | terms that give you a warm fuzzy feeling EX saturday morning, ice cream, hot cocoa by the fireside |
| what are devil terms? | terms that create stress, tension EX final exam, "you're fired!", tornado |
| what is informative connotative? | special content/feeling - pet names or names for your significant other, etc. |
| when we abstract, we | stereotype |
| the ladder of abstraction take us... | further and further away from the original object. |
| what is an abstraction? | not being clear in what we are saying... too general |
| We capitalize "I" because our culture is individualistic, which is an example that... | culture and language are inseparable |
| name types of language that builds walls (6) | equivocal, relative, emotive, racism, sexist, technical |
| what is equivocal? | giving more than one meaning to the same word |
| what is relative? | you gain meaning by comparison |
| What is emotive? | wods that sound as if they're describing something, but they're really announcing the speaker's attitude |
| What are some examples of emotive language? | "your cheap" = negative attitude, or "you're frugal" = positive attitude |
| what is racism? | Allness |
| what is allness? | describing a person based upon one trait |
| what is indiscrimination (example of racism)? | describing a group of ppl based on one trait. |
| what is sexist? | discriminating based on gender |
| what is technical language? | big words that cause confusion... know your audience and what they understand |
| What are types of language that build bridges? (6) | show support, give accurate descriptions, operational definitions, don't offend ppl, use language correctly, created ethical communication |
| what is a type of descriptions that give accurate descriptions? | behavioral description |
| what is behavioral description? | to describe specific behaviors |
| what is operational definition? | step-by-step what to do... a recipe book |
| what does it mean to use language to create ethical communication? | to create openness, honesty, etc. |
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