II. Terms

In your essays for this course it is very important to use the terminology of communication science. Therefore, take time to learn the terms and their meanings in each chapter. In the face-to-face version of this course, various interactive techniques will be used to test your knowledge of the major terms. In the online version of the class you will review the terms independently. Make sure you use the terms referred to below in your essays.

Adjacency pairs Assertive Commissive Concealment Connotative meaning Constitutive rules Content, Context, Intent of speech acts Cooperative language Cooperative Principle Deception Declarative Denotative meaning Directive Expressive First pair part Generalization Grandiloquence High-context cultures I-language Illocutionary act Locutionary act Low-context cultures Malopropism

Maxim of manner Maxim of morality Maxim of politeness Maxim of quality Maxim of quantity Maxim of relevance Misunderstanding Molten Semantic Triangle Multiple meanings Perlocutionary act Polarization Presentiment Referent Regulative Rules Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Second pair part Semantic Triangle Speech acts Static Evaluation Symbol Thought We-language

III. Names

It is very important to remember the names of scholars who contributed to communication theory. Your essays will sound more professional if you make reference to the people mentioned in this brochure. In the face-to-face version of this course, and in the audio lectures that accompany the online version of this course the names of these scholars will be routinely used to refer to various concepts. Study the names of communication scholars and try to remember their contribution to the science.

Chen, Guoming De Saussure, Ferdinand Grice, Paul Hall, Edward T. Ogden, Charles Kay Richards, Ivar Armstrong Sacks, Jeffrey

Sapir, Edward Schegloff, Emmanuel Searle, John Starosta, William Tannen, Deborah Verderber, Kathleen Whorf, Benjamin Lee

IV. Recap Questions

Use the recap questions to see if you remember the main concepts discussed in the chapter. In the face-to-face version of this course recap questions will be asked at various points as we make connection between different concepts. In the online version of this course use the recap questions to check if you remember all the concepts discussed in the chapter.

1. Explain the symbolic nature of language.

2. What are constitutive and regulative rules?

3. How is the language flexible?

4. How is the language cultural?

5. How does the language evolve?

6. What are the types of meaning according to de Saussure?

7. Describe the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

8. What are speech acts?

9. What are the main functions of verbal communication?

10. What are the features of cooperative communication?

11. Name the conversational maxims by Grice.

12. What is the difference between I-language and We-language?

13. What are gender stereotypes in language use?

14. What are cultural influences on language use?

15. What is deception in verbal communication?

16. What is misunderstanding in verbal communication?

17. What other barriers does Michael name in his sound bite?

18. Describe the principles of building adjacency pairs as named by Michael in his sound bite.