WEK 4 Spechch X Verbal Mesaages Flashcards
These are messages that you ‘speak’.
verbal messages
While there are different languages, the fundamentals are the same:
utterance and turn-taking
Each language community has a collection of words and expression (lexicon), sounds used to pronounce these words (phonology), and has the same grammar and syntax.
something
has a collection of words and expression
(lexicon),
), sounds used to pronounce these words
(phonology),
is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences
Syntax
is the correct use of words; rules and examples on how language is supposed to be used
Grammar
which involves our our lexicons, phonology, grammar, and syntax.
idiolect
three characteristics of language
1 arbitrary
2. abstarct
3. chagnes over time
the meanign of language
semantics
semantics can either be:
explicit (denotation0) or implicit (connotation)
how a dictionary would define it
denotation
a persons own meanign of the word
connotation
Interpreting a message may also be related to the conversational context of it
(pragmatics).
sound production steps
breathing
phonation
resonation
articulation