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Ch. 6: Verbal Communication. COM 4480: Communication Theory February 21, 2006. Chapter 6: Verbal Approaches. Communication and Symbols Remember that communication is symbolic . Why are we going back over this? Symptom Symbol Connotative vs. Denotative meaning. Tentative Speech.
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Ch. 6: Verbal Communication COM 4480: Communication Theory February 21, 2006
Chapter 6: Verbal Approaches Communication and Symbols • Remember that communication is symbolic. • Why are we going back over this? • Symptom • Symbol • Connotative vs. Denotative meaning
Tentative Speech Assertive Speech Chapter 6: Verbal Approaches • Communication and Symbols • Language and Power • Language can reflect our social power.
Males use speech to: Females use speech to: Chapter 6: Verbal Approaches • Gender and Verbal Behavior • Gender-as-culture hypothesis (Maltz & Borker)
Chapter 6: Verbal Approaches • Communication Accommodation Theory • Giles and Wiemann • Two principles • We do this in order to...
Convergent Speech Divergent Speech Chapter 6: Verbal Approaches • Communication Accommodation Theory • When will we do what?