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Spc1017 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
How you acquire your ability to use words depends on 3 things: - answer✔✔1. Native
Architecture
2. Cognitive Development
3. Environmental Influences
Cognitive Development - answer✔✔the development of the thinking and organizing systems of
your brain. Not only language but also mental imagery, reasoning, problem solving and memory
development
Sapir Whorf Hypothesis - answer✔✔Suggests that the language you use to some extent
determines or at least influences the way in which you view and think about the world around
you
Semantic Triangle - answer✔✔a model proposed to indicate the direct relationship between
symbols (words) and thoughts
Process of Semantic Triangle - answer✔✔1. the matter(referent) evokes your thought (intended
meaning
2. You encode your thought by choosing a rod or words to represent it
3. that word is conveyed (extended) to your listener
4. Your listener decodes the word and arrives at his or her interpretation of the matter (referent)
Denotative Meaning - answer✔✔dictionary definition of something
Connotative Meaning - answer✔✔the feelings or associations each individual has about a word
The Ladder of Abstraction - answer✔✔a diagram of how we abstract through language,
classifications, types, categories , and so on
Credibility - answer✔✔the first rule for making a positive impression online is to eliminate all
typos and sloppy or hurriedly constructed material because it damages it quickly
Language Environment: 4 Elements - answer✔✔1. People
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2. Purpose
3. The rules of communication
4. Actual talk
Ritual Language - answer✔✔takes place in environments where a conventionalized response is
expected of you
Euphemism - answer✔✔an inoffensive word or phrase that is substituted for other words that
might be perceived as unpleasant (referring to something for which it would be impolite to use
the direct word)
Double Speak - answer✔✔refers to words deliberately constructed for political purpose. Words
specifically intended to impose a desirable mental attitude on those using them
Difference between Double Speak and Euphemisms - answer✔✔1. Double speak does not
always have to do with unpleasant words
2. Double speak always relates to a political agenda
Racist Language - answer✔✔the tendency to describe the majority group, its actions and its
members, in positive terms, whereas minority groups, their actions and members, are portrayed
overwhelmingly in negative terms
Sexist Language - answer✔✔considered to be any language that is supposed to include all
people, but unintentionally (or not) excluded a gender
Ableist Language - answer✔✔language referring to persons with disabilities. These words
express negative and disparaging attitudes
Style - answer✔✔the result of the way you select and arrange words and sentences
Debra Tannen - answer✔✔found that men and women have completely different styles of
speaking. They might as well come from different worlds
Rapport Talk - answer✔✔designed to lead to intimacy with others, to match experiences, and to
establish relationships
Powerful Talk - answer✔✔comes directly to the point-talk that does not use hesitation or
qualifications. People are found to be more credible, more attractive, and more persuasive
Report Talk - answer✔✔the speaker's goal is to maintain status, to demonstrate knowledge and
skills, and to keep the center-stage position
Hedges and Qualifiers - answer✔✔expression such as "i guess" and "kind of" weaken the power
of speech
Spc1017 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
How you acquire your ability to use words depends on 3 things: - answer✔✔1. Native
Architecture
2. Cognitive Development
3. Environmental Influences
Cognitive Development - answer✔✔the development of the thinking and organizing systems of
your brain. Not only language but also mental imagery, reasoning, problem solving and memory
development
Sapir Whorf Hypothesis - answer✔✔Suggests that the language you use to some extent
determines or at least influences the way in which you view and think about the world around
you
Semantic Triangle - answer✔✔a model proposed to indicate the direct relationship between
symbols (words) and thoughts
Process of Semantic Triangle - answer✔✔1. the matter(referent) evokes your thought (intended
meaning
2. You encode your thought by choosing a rod or words to represent it
3. that word is conveyed (extended) to your listener
4. Your listener decodes the word and arrives at his or her interpretation of the matter (referent)
Denotative Meaning - answer✔✔dictionary definition of something
Connotative Meaning - answer✔✔the feelings or associations each individual has about a word
The Ladder of Abstraction - answer✔✔a diagram of how we abstract through language,
classifications, types, categories , and so on
Credibility - answer✔✔the first rule for making a positive impression online is to eliminate all
typos and sloppy or hurriedly constructed material because it damages it quickly
Language Environment: 4 Elements - answer✔✔1. People
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2. Purpose
3. The rules of communication
4. Actual talk
Ritual Language - answer✔✔takes place in environments where a conventionalized response is
expected of you
Euphemism - answer✔✔an inoffensive word or phrase that is substituted for other words that
might be perceived as unpleasant (referring to something for which it would be impolite to use
the direct word)
Double Speak - answer✔✔refers to words deliberately constructed for political purpose. Words
specifically intended to impose a desirable mental attitude on those using them
Difference between Double Speak and Euphemisms - answer✔✔1. Double speak does not
always have to do with unpleasant words
2. Double speak always relates to a political agenda
Racist Language - answer✔✔the tendency to describe the majority group, its actions and its
members, in positive terms, whereas minority groups, their actions and members, are portrayed
overwhelmingly in negative terms
Sexist Language - answer✔✔considered to be any language that is supposed to include all
people, but unintentionally (or not) excluded a gender
Ableist Language - answer✔✔language referring to persons with disabilities. These words
express negative and disparaging attitudes
Style - answer✔✔the result of the way you select and arrange words and sentences
Debra Tannen - answer✔✔found that men and women have completely different styles of
speaking. They might as well come from different worlds
Rapport Talk - answer✔✔designed to lead to intimacy with others, to match experiences, and to
establish relationships
Powerful Talk - answer✔✔comes directly to the point-talk that does not use hesitation or
qualifications. People are found to be more credible, more attractive, and more persuasive
Report Talk - answer✔✔the speaker's goal is to maintain status, to demonstrate knowledge and
skills, and to keep the center-stage position
Hedges and Qualifiers - answer✔✔expression such as "i guess" and "kind of" weaken the power
of speech
