CMJN 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-5: Kinesics, Proxemics, Vocal Fry Register
12 Feb 2019
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The study of significant sound patterns of language. Significant sound distinctions in a given language. The study of the structure of units of meaning in a language. How to use context to assign pragmatic meaning (language in social contexts) An act done by the speaker to the hearer. A sequence of communicative behaviors that exist as a unit with a beginning, a middle, and an end. Ex. friendly chat, solve a problem, play a game. Episodes that can reasonably be expected to occur based on relationship. A person"s ideas about the kind of communication that matches his or her personal identity. General agreements shared by members of a particular cultural group about how to act in and respond to the world. Ex. identity based on class, national, religious, ethnic membership. Asserts that for talk to work, communicators must be willing to cooperate with one another by speaking in socially approved ways. Quantity maxim: contribute enough but not too much information.
