COM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Linguistics, Pragmatics

• School: URI
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COM 100
• Professor: Mc Gregor Michael

Document Summary

Informative- use of language to communicate information or report facts. Imaginative- use language to express oneself artistically or creatively. Instrumental- use of language to obtain what you need or desire. Regulatory- use of language to control or regulate the behaviors of others. Heuristic- use of language to establish and define social relationships. Personal language- use of a language to express individuality and personality. 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 meaning 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. Dialect- a variation of a language distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.