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VerbalCommunication.pptxLanguage and its characteristics
Verbal communication
“The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought quantities of uranium from Africa.”
-GWB, 2003
“There is nothing going on between us.” –Bill Clinton, 1998
Follow up: “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”
Language/action
Sapir-Worf hypothesis
Linguistic determinism
The limits of my language signal the limits of my world
Linguistic relativity
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Arbitrary
Language is arbitrary
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Language is rule-governed
BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO.
Language is abstract
Evaluate the phenomena it describes
Allow hypothetical thought and self-monitoring
(and therefore causes great proportion of your suffering!)
Define relationships
Totalize
Polarize
Some things language can do
RUDE---------------POLITE
FRIENDLY------------STANDOFFISH
Group activity
3. SINGLE -------------MARRIED
4. HARDWORKING-----------LAZY
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5. STRONG-----------------VULNERABLE
6 .SHY-----------------OUTGOING
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7. SELFLESS-------------SELFISH
8. DEPRESSED------------HAPPY
GROUP ACTIVITY
9. ANXIOUS----------------CALM
10. GUILTY ---------------INNOCENT
GROUP ACTIVITY
From this exercise, what can you infer about language polarization? How might the polarization of language affect the way that we perceive the world, and the people in it?
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