CMN 1148 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Valleyspeak, High Rising Terminal, Facial Expression
21 Oct 2016
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Difference in processing speed between speaking and listening. Listening begins: we hear sounds, we tune in when we are interested and when it seems relevant => we attach meaning to what we hear based on our own experience => analyse and draw conclusion. Facial expression: most important to convey emotion. When we have biases against the speaker. Checklist for better listening: stop talking, listen attentively, block out competing thoughts, control the listening environment, maintain an open mind, provide verbal and nonverbal feedback, take notes, listen between the lines, capitalize on lag time. Some works only exist in one culture. Some say language determines how we see the world. Social media have spawned many new words. Women have a strong influence on evolution of language. Ex. upper-class women drove the shift from medieval to modern english (ye => you) Ex. middle class teenage girls disseminate most new language forms today.
