Chapter 1: Communication

Question 1

Contextual Environment

Answer 1

Physical location of interaction and personal history each participant brings to event

Question 2

Intended meaning of message determined not by words or signs but by…

Answer 2

• Who made the statement
• Location where made
• Tone of voice and NMS
• Relationship of sender and receiver

Question 3

Communication

Answer 3

• Complex and imprecise
• Linked to culture
• How relationships form and maintain
• Constructed messaged of linguistic and nonverbal elements
• transactional (multidirectional)

Question 4

Degrees of Directness

Answer 4

• equivocation
• euphemisms
• abstractions
• passive voice

Question 5

Powerless speech forms

Answer 5

• hedges
• hesitations
• intensifiers
• tag questions
• disclaimers

Question 6

Frozen register

Answer 6

• no turn taking
• complex/archaic sentence structure
• formal/archaic vocabulary
• large, slower than normal speed
• limited topics allowed

Question 7

Formal register

Answer 7

• limited/controlled turn taking
• complex/compound structure
• formal vocabulary
• large, slower than normal speed
• impersonal topics allowed

Question 8

Consultative register

Answer 8

• restrained but active turn taking
• fully formed structure
• technical jargon
• conversational speed & space
• professional topics allowed

Question 9

Casual register

Answer 9

• fluid/interruptions allowed turn taking
• some fragments/run-on sentence structure
• informal vocabulary
• relaxed space, faster than conversational
• personal topics allowed

Question 10

Intimate register

Answer 10

• interruption common turn taking
• incomplete sentences
• some lexicon has personal meanings
• small space/words signs not always required
• personal topics allowed