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Our cultural background, stereotypes, primacy and recency effects, and perceptual sets are among the most potent influences on our perceptions. Our attributions for behavior are also influenced by the self-serving bias and the fundamental attribution error.
You can improve your language skills by separating opinions from factual claims, engaging in civil dialogue, speaking at an appropriate level for your audience, and owning your thoughts and feelings.
Nonverbal communication comprises those behaviors and characteristics that convey meaning without the use of words. People communicate nonverbally via several channels, including facial displays, eye behaviors, movement and gestures, touch, vocal behaviors, smell, use of space, physical appearance, use of time, and use of artifacts.
We can be open-minded about cultural differences, knowledgeable about cultural communication codes, and flexible and respectful when communicating with people from other cultures.
Perceiving others is a process whereby we select information for attention, organize that information according to a perceptual schema, and then interpret it to give it meaning.
Culture and sex affect multiple nonverbal communication behaviors, including gestures, personal distance and touch, eye contact, time orientation, vocalics, and emotional expression.
People use language to express who they are, to connect to others, to separate themselves from others, and to motivate action. Common uses and abuses of language include humor, euphemism, slang, defamation, profanity, and hate speech.
Over the course of life, we create and refine a self-concept. Our communication behavior reflects our self-concept through the way we manage our image, both in person and online.
Language is a structured system of symbols used for communicating meaning. Language is symbolic, usually arbitrary, and rule-governed; it has layers of meaning and varies in clarity; and it is bound by context and culture.
Culture is the totality of learned, shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish one group of people from another.
Culture influences communication behavior through variations in (1) the emphasis placed on individuals versus groups, (2) the communicative context, (3) power distance, (4) views about masculinity and femininity and about men's and women's roles, (5) orientation toward time, and (6) uncertainty avoidance.
Communication can be described as action, interaction, or transaction, depending on the situation. Many people mistakenly believe that everyone is a communication expert, communication will solve any problem, communication can break down, communication is inherently good, and more communication is always better
From linguistic to conceptual metaphor, i.e metaphor analysis in four steps: in which level of the framework for analysis is it collocated?
Martin Luther King's speech, justice is conceptualised as:
Place of articulation of bilabial consonants
How many consonants are in the English language?
Complete the box below for the given example. "your argument isindefensible": conceptual or linguistic metaphor (metaphorical expression)?
ARGUMENT IS WAR: conceptual or linguistic metaphor (metaphorical expression)
From conceptual to linguistic metaphor: provide an example of a metaphorical expression (linguistic metaphor) which could suit the following conventional conceptual metaphor: love is a journey?
Which of the following is a linguistic metaphor (metaphorical expression)?