04:192:200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Linguistics, Uncertainty Reduction Theory, Nonverbal Communication

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication
• Course: 04:192:200
• Professor: Craig Scott

Document Summary

Central tenet of speech act theory is that individuals perform actions with words they speak. (cid:1) Levels of speech acts: utterance level: the mere stringing together of words. (cid:1) Propositional level: statement is considered in terms of its truth value. Illocutionary level: statement is considered in terms of its practical force. ) level: statement is considered in terms of effect on receiver. Five types of speech acts: assertive, directives, commissive, expressive, declaratives (cid:1) Interactants( ) make sense of speech acts through application of: Cat considers the ways in which people accommodate (adapt communication) to others during interaction through 2 main processes: Convergence: process through which interactants become more like each other in interaction. (cid:1) Divergence: process through which interactants accentuate communicative differences. (cid:1) (cid:1) Power and status are key in knowing who likely adapts to whom. Consequences depend on perceived motive of the interactant.