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    Barriers to Communication

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    perceive blacks as aggressive‚ over-emotional‚ angry‚ confrontational‚ interruptive‚ too personal‚ showboating • Gestures (misunderstood gestures are a major barrier see discussion on non-verbal language) • Variations in language – accentdialectSlang - jargon - colloquialism • Different forms or reasons for verbal interaction Dueling – seeing who can get the upper hand (playing the dozens) Repartee conversation – taking short turns rather than monologue Ritual conversation – standard

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    Question # 1: Explain the psychological‚ Semantic & Physical barriers to Communication? Answer: Communication is a complete process and it requires all the possibilities that the loop between and sender and receiver flows freely. Flows freely means that the message that is encodes by sender and is un intrepidly transferred to the receiver and the similarly the relevant response from the receiver get back to the sender with no interference. Even one work hard to convey a proper message with all

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    All languages change over time‚ and vary from place to place. In my opinion‚ English language is the most influenced by the change. I must say lots of factors affect language. It may be because of political or social pressures‚ such us invasions‚ imigration and colonisation. It may also change because of latest inventions‚ such as transport‚ domestic appliances and industrial equipment‚ or new sports and entertainment‚ because they also need new vocabluary. But‚ language can change by less obvious

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    Symbolism

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    Symbolism Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. Symbolism can take different forms. Generally‚ it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning much deeper and more significant. Sometimes‚ however‚ an action‚ an event or a word spoken by someone may have a symbolic value. For instance‚ “smile” is a symbol of friendship. Similarly‚ the action of someone smiling at you

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    Notes of Methodology

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    Chapter I Historical Background of English vocabulary Linguistic Notions: 1. Cognate 2. Etymology 3. Jargon 4. The core vocabulary 5. The learned vocabulary 6. Dialect 7. Inflection 6. Linguistic knowledge 3 Language classification (a) Isolating Each idea expressed in a separate word or morpheme; words tend to be monosyllabic e.g‚ Chinese; (b) Agglutinative Words made of multiple syllables;

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    Speech Variation In Restaurants There are three different dialects in Pennsylvania that will give away where you reside. Why is there so much contrast in speech among the residents of the city and country? The culture where I am from has molded my speech‚ attitude‚ and actions; it also has created who I am today. The “city life” is exceptionally different from the “country life‚” I know this because of my expedition to the middle of nowhere‚ Lock Haven‚ PA. Somewhere on the four-hour car ride

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    Standard English

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    solidarity. The use of Standard English helps to direct this‚ as it acts as the structure of communication‚ ingroup and between speech communities to effectively present a standard for mutual understanding. Outside of Standard English comes the use of slang‚ netspeak and textspeak‚ which helps to develop and enrich the language‚ as well as evolve with contemporary Australia and its fast paced lifestyle. Using the Standard all the time would be exclusive of the linguistic freedom formed by the world beyond

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    Communication

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    support each other e.g. if they went to an AA group. Informal: You often use informal communication when you know people well such as friends or family. Some family members or friends use words that only your friends and family would understand i.e. slang. Groups of people might have their own way of speaking‚ such as people from different countries and different cultures would speak in a way we would not understand. Informal Communication is the opposite of formal communication. It is usually used

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    The Study of Language

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    toward the connections between language and society‚ and the way we use it in different social situations. It ranges from the study of the wide variety of dialects across a given region down to the analysis between the way men and women speak to one another. Sociolinguistics often shows us the humorous realities of human speech and how a dialect of a given language can often describe the age‚ sex‚ and social class of the speaker; it codes the social function of a language. Any discussion

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    “Cross it”‚ “Ay Guey”‚ and “Cuatro Nalgas”. Each of these jargons and slangs are created to form a dialect I have attained from diverse situations presented to me. They each have a specific meaning to a certain area in my life. They all come to form a dialect which is specific to me and only me known as Idiolect. Idiolect is not a language of idiots‚ rather the language pertaining to an individual. All people have their own dialects that are unique to them derived from various areas of life. Personally

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