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| system of symbols that we use to think about and communicate experiences and feelings |
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| emotional or attitudinal response people have to it |
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| the specific system of symbols that you use to describe people, things, and situations in your mind |
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| the system of rules of a language that serves as a mechanism for the creation of words, phrases, and sentences |
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| Communication acquisition |
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| requires that we not only learn individual words in a language but also learn to use that language appropriately and effectively in the context of the situation. |
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| using language to both give and recieve information |
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| ability to think, play, and be creative in communication |
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| learning the rules for managing conversations and relationships |
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| using words that have unclear or mesleading definitions |
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| inoffensive words or phrases that substitute for terms that might be perceived as upsetting |
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| language that is informal, nonstandard, and usually particular to a specific group |
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| technical language that is specific to members of a given profession or interest group or people who share a hobby |
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| relationships between symbols, objects, people, and concepts and refers to the meaning that words have for people, either because of their definitions or because of their placement in a sentece's structure |
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| ability to use the symbol systems of a culture appropriately |
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| refered to a woman as a girl for example implies far more than gender it implies imaturity |
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| politically correct language |
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| neutral terms such as firefighter instead of fireman |
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| deductions or conclusions that we make about the facts we observe |
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| complex language behaviors |
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| more formal polite or "mainstream" language |
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| a claim that the wordsa culture uses influence thinking |
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| the idea that language influences how we see the world around us |
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| holds the speakers of different languages have different views of the world |
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| use contextual cues to bother interpret meaning and send subtle messages |
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| uses very direct language |
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| changing our communication behavior to adapt to the other person |
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| Code Switching/Style Switching |
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| types of accommodation in which communicators change their regular language and slang, as well as their tonality, pitch, rhythm, and inflection to fit into a particular group |
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