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Language (The Nature of Language (Language is Rule Governed (Phonological…

- - - - Arbitrary constructions that represent a communicator's thoughts
      - The way we experience the world
  - - - How words sound when pronounced
        
        Champagne, double, occasion
    - - The structure of language
    - - Meaning of specific words
    - - govern how people use language in everyday interaction, which communication theorist have characterized as a series of speech acts
- - - - Wrong definition or interpretation of something
    - - Big and Small is relative to what you compare it to
    - - Only a certain group of people might understand the meaning of those Slang or Jargon
    - - Speech that refers to events or objects only vaguely
  - - - Factual Statements
        
        Claims that can either be true or false
      - Opinion Statements
        
        Based on speaker's beliefs
    - - Describing or explaining something
    - - Contain words that sound as if they are describing something when they are really announcing the speaker's attitude toward something
  - - - More direct but less pleasant one
    - - Vague and broad answers that could meant a lot of different thigns
- - - - Male
        
        Recreational things: sport, technology, and night life
      - Female
        
        Relational Issues: Family, friends, and emotions
    - - Build and maintain relationship
        
        Different Way
        
        Male
        
        Fun and Joking
        
        Female
        
        Feelings and Emotion
    - - No significant difference
    - - Not a clear difference, it is more vague
- - - - Shape the way other thinks of someone
    - - Speech style influences perception
    - - Factors creating positive and negative impression
    - - Language could effect our perception toward a group of people
  - - - The way we talk could differentiate someone's power, usage of hedges, hesitations, intensifiers, polite forms, tag questions, disclaimers could really create a differed meaning
    - - A way of building and demonstrating solidarity with others
    - - A way of using words to differentiate one group from another, this could show solidarity toward those using the same distinct language but create a separation from those that don't use it.
    - - Demonstrative Pronoun Choice
      - Negation
      - Sequential Placement
    - - "It" VS "I"
      - "You" VS "I"
      - "But"
      - Questions VS statements