JMC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Information Overload, Pragmatics

• School: ASU
• Department: Journalism and Mass Communication
• Course: JMC 101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Instrumental- use of language to obtain what you need or desire. Regulatory- use of language to control or regulate the behaviors of others. Informative- use of language to communicate information of report facts. Heuristic- use of language to acquire knowledge and understanding. Interactional- use of language to establish and define social relationships. Personal language- use of language to express individuality and personality. Imaginative- use of language to express oneself artistically or creatively. Phonology- the study of the sounds that compose individual languages and how those sounds communicate meaning. Denotative meaning- the dictionary, or literal, meaning of a word. Connotative meaning- the affective or interpretive meanings attached to a word. Pragmatics- field of study that emphasizes how language is used in specific situations to accomplish goals. Speech act theory- branch of pragmatics that suggests that when people communicate, they do not just say things, they also do things with their words.