Verbal Communication

Question 1

Sapir Whorf Hypothesis

Answer 1

Language influences thought, the meaning communicated is changed because of the language (Language Relativity)

Question 2

Define the 2 Types of Language Relativity

Answer 2

Firm – deterministic- language as a prison
Soft – language influences thought

Question 3

Define Nominalism

Answer 3

the doctrine that universals or general ideas are mere names without any corresponding reality

Question 4

Inuit names for snow

Answer 4

7-50

Question 5

5 types of interpretation

Answer 5

• Vocabulary Equivalence
• Idiomatic Equivalence
• Grammatical – Syntactical Equivalence
• Experiential Equivalence
• Conceptual Equivalence