OralComm

• Verbal Communication - makes use of language in expressing ideas or emotions
• Phonological Meaning - sounds or signals that form a word
• Semantic meaning - Meaning of words
• Homophones - Similar sound but different meaning
• Homophones - one sound
• Affixes - Added to a root word to form a new word
• Derivational Inflectional - Types of affixes
• Derivational - Added to a root word to change its meaning
• Derivational : What type of affixes is the -tion, pre-, pro-, re-, -ie, -hood, -error, -ment, anti-, trans-.
• Inflectional - Does not change the meaning of the word
• Morpheme - Smalles unit of language
• Positive, Comparative, Superlative - Different degree of Inflectional
• Compound words - Two words that are joined together to form a new word.
• Combined, Separate, Hyphenated - Types of Compound Words
• Syntactic Meaning - We derive meaning from the way words are put together.
• Pragmatic meaning - Meaning of utterance in particular situations
• Kinesics - Body language
• 93% - _____ communication is non-verbal
• Haptics - Touch
• Vocalics - Vocal Qualities
• Proxemics - Distance
• Chronemics - Time
• Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Small group, public, mass - Levels of communication
• Intrapersonal Communication - communication within us. “One”
• Interpersonal communication - Dyadic Communication. “Two”
• Small group communication- Among three or more people
• Public Communication - communicating or communication of a person to the public
• Mass communication - small group of people pass down information to a large number of varied populations using an exclusive medium of communication
• Combined - What type of compound word is this : Breakfast, Hotdog, Sunflower
• Separate - What type of compound word is this : Living room, Full moon, Swimming pool, Christmas tree
• Hyphenated - What type of compound word is this : check-in, free-for-all, mother-in-law
• Pragmatic meaning - What type of meaning is this : “ You are very early for your next class”