Typical Communication

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Typical Communication

• Communication
• Language
• Speech

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Communication

• An exchange of ideas between a speaker and a
  receiver
• Just cause youre talking, doesnt mean theres
  any communication going on!
• Just cause youre not talking, doesnt
• mean there isnt communication
• going on!
• Gender, cultural, regional differences in
• communication styles

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Language

• A code whereby ideas about the world are shared
  in a conventional, rule-based system.
• Oral language vs. written language
• A code for a code!

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Language components

• Form
• Phonology
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Content
• Semantics
• Use
• Pragmatics

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Speech

• Oral motor behavior
• Primary vehicle that carries language

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Components of speech

• Articulation
• Voice
• Fluency

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Suprasegmentals of speech

• Overlaid principles that affect the meaning of
  the segments of speech
• She fed her old dog bones.
• (Where the pause, or juncture, is
• affects the meaning of this)
• No, Im not mad.
• (Where the stress or intonation, what
• the tone of voice is affects the meaning)

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Nonverbal communication

• Artifacts
• Kinesics (body language)
• Proxemics (personal space)
• Tactiles (touch)
• Chronemics (time)
• Gender, culture, age, regional differences