CMN 1148 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Linguistics, Vocal Fry Register, Valleyspeak
18 Nov 2016
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Power distance index: measures how much a particular culture values and respects authority. Mitigated speech: downplays the importance of what is being said. Interdependent: reliant on other people for safety survival and support, depends on good communication. Verbal communication: communication that involves spoken, written or signed language. Symbol: something that stands for/ suggests something else. Triangle of meaning: a model that explains the relationship among words, things and their meaning, with language, the relationship between the word and the referent is arbitrary (except onomatopoeic words) The referent: the thing it represents, the object or idea to which a symbol refers. Thought: the mental image that we associate with a symbol and its referent (meaning) The meaning are in people, not in words or things. Denotative meaning: literal/ dictionary meaning of a word. Connotative meaning: meaning that takes context and relationships into account. Phonological rules: rules governing the sounds that appear in a language.
