Purposive Communication Lecture Notes

Flashcards covering language types, communication models, noise types, non-verbal communication categories, and principles of ethical/multicultural communication.

Chomsky proposed that the innate capability for language acquisition is called the __________.

LAD - Language Acquisition Device

Language acquisition is considered a/an __________ way of learning, while language learning is a formal way.

informal

Language is __________ because no matter how different the words are, if they have the same meaning, the connection between sound and meaning is conventional rather than natural.

arbitrary

Communication comes from the Latin word __________, which means to share or make meaning.

communicare

The process of the sender crafting the message is called __________.

Encoding

In the communication process, __________ refers to the reason why communication takes place.

Context

The __________ model of communication is a one-way process with no feedback, exemplified by Aristotle and Shannon Weaver ($1949$).

Linear

According to the notes, Laswell's questions were developed in the year __________.

$$1948$$

The __________ model is a two-way process with immediate feedback where participants act out of their role or responsibility.

Transactional

Linguistic noise that involves difficulty in understanding meaning is specifically called __________ noise.

Semantic

In non-verbal communication, the study of gestures is known as __________.

Kinesis

In Proxemics, the distance for the social space is __________.

$$4ft-12ft$$

The non-verbal classification relating to time is called __________.

Chronemics

Internal communication within oneself is known as __________.

Intrapersonal

The belief that one's own culture is superior is called __________, while the belief that it is inferior is xenocentrism.

ethnocentrism

The __________ chain in grapevine communication involves one person telling everyone without an ultimate recipient.

gossip

The principle of __________ refers to the completeness of the message.

adequacy

In gender-sensitive language, the term 'manpower' should be replaced with __________.

human resources

The politically correct term for 'squatters' is __________.

informal settlers

A citizen of the internet is referred to as a/an __________.

netizen

Communication between people of the same culture is defined as __________.

intracultural