COM 219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Night Girl
10 Sep 2018
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When a symbol is used it allows interpretation of the symbol, a chihuahua or a mastiff. Miscommunication happens when your reference and somebody else"s reference are not the same. When communicators choose different spots on the allowable range of references. Do you think we could get a little one-on-one time . Tom"s we intended tom and frasier not tom and daphne. Richards was okay with the word dog, yes there is miscommunication with it but it all has the same idea. Words that richards hated were extremely abstract words. Can"t just be thrown into the brain, they have to be organized. In a new situation, you have to build a new mental file that all of the memories from the same situation will join this folder. Girl thinks that it is a new relationship. Let"s go out to dinner on friday night . Girl thinks that it is a nice date. Guy thinks that it is dinner at mcdonalds.
