COMM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Loaded Language, Nonverbal Communication, Arbitrariness
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February 13th, 2017 Notes
Test Questions: Give two words that have changed over time and
describe why they might have changed.
Verbal Communication:
o Focus Questions:
What are the practical implications of recognizing that language
is a process?
How do rules guide verbal communication?
o Language allows us to
Plan
Dream
Remember
Evaluate
Reflect on ourselves
and the world around
us
Define who we are and
want to be
Create reality
o Language & Meaning
Language consist of symbols which represent
People
Events
All that goes
around us
Not all symbols are linguistic
Nonverbal communication
Arbitrariness – the quality of being based on random choice or
personal whim, rather than any reason or system
Ambiguity – uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language
Abstraction – existing in thought
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