Flashcards
Language
Cards in this deck (14)
- 1LanguageOral/written; shapes and reflects our worldview nonverbal
- 2Powerless SpeechTentative and indirect word choices, with hedges and hesitations.
- 3Powerful SpeechDirect and forceful word choices with declarations and assertions
- 4Whorf-Sapir HypothesisLanguage shapes ways of thinking, people who speak different languages view the world differently.
- 5Routine TalkSimple talk, the basics, not too deep, and not too shallow
- 6In group (Convergence)Process of adapting one's speech styles to match with others
- 7Out group (Divergence)Speaking in a way that emphasizes their difference
- 8PunctuationTo describe the determination of causes and effects in a series of interactions
- 9DenotationDictionary meaning.
- 10ConnotationSocial, interpret.
- 11Linguistic DeterminismWe cannot conceieve of that for which we lack a vocabulary.
- 12JargonSpecial words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and re difficult for others to understand.
- 13Vague LanguageThe impercise or unclear use of language.
- 14Relative LanguageGains meaning by comparison.