Exam 3: Verbal Communication

According to the cooperative principle, the ______ maxim controls our topics of talk and suggests that diverting focus or shifting "off topic" violates expectations of interaction.

The ______ posits that we coordinate our actions with others to make and manage meaning.

What are phonemes? Give an example.

People who are competent in the use of syntax are considered grammatically correct.

What are semantics? How might misunderstandings arise in semantics?

______ meanings are highly public and frame the "correct" or "accepted" use of a word.

You tell a joke during family dinner; this prompts others to tell a joke. You and your family then spend 20 minutes laughing and telling jokes to see who is funnier. According to CMM, which level of interpretation is this?

Burke (1966) states, "Humans are the symbol-using and symbol-misusing animals." What might he have meant by this?

______ rules guide how we should behave in interactions and tell us how we should respond.

Language and its creation of social reality in the Hopi tribe and among English speakers is vastly different because ______.

Verbal communication is best described as ______.

In the English language, the word blue can refer to a color or a state of feeling melancholy. The word blue can be characterized as having which trait?

According to CMM theory, we establish rules that help guide us through our interactions with others. This is known as ______.

The triangle of meaning is comprised of which three components?

According to linguistic relativity hypothesis, our nonverbal communication codes shape our realities more forcefully than verbal messages.

Understanding the denotative and connotative meanings of a culture, and knowing when to use each, is an important part of ______.

Tucker, a student from Texas, refers to all soft drinks as "Coke." His roommate, Glen, from New Jersey, is very confused when Tucker hands him a root beer after offering him a Coke. This miscommunication occurred because symbols are ______.

______ rules tell us what messages count as what and how our messages and behaviors are to be interpreted.

How are symbols uniquely human?

When might one choose to use each kind of the three message design logic responses?