OVERLY ABSTRACT LANGUAGE IS THINGS YOU CAN TAKE THE WRONG

ABOUT…… WAY ARE CALLED….

Most objects, events, and ideas The most obvious kind of language
can be described with varying problems are semantic: We simply don't
degrees of specificity. understand others completely or
accurately.
WAYS IN WHICH LANGUAGE
-“ughh… I hate you” telling your friend as a
REFLECTS ATTITUDES.
joke, but maybe she took it personal by
(POWER)
sound of the words.
The words we use and our
-“Im dead” but you are actually just tiered.
manner of speech reflect
power, responsibility,
affiliation, attraction, and
interest. They show our
emotions and acts based on our 4 RULES OF LANGUAGE: WHEN AND
emotions and commen sence. HOW WE USE THEM

-Phonological rules: Linguistic rules

HOW DOES LANGUAGE SHAPE
ATTITUDES?
Language not only describes people, ideas,
processes, and events; it also shapes
people's perceptions of them in areas such
as status, credibility, and attitudes about
gender and ethnicity. Along with influencing
people's attitudes, language reflects them.
The words we use and our manner of speech
reflect power, responsibility, affiliation,
attraction, and interest.
governing how sounds are combined to form
words.
LANGUAGE -Syntactic rules: Rules that govern the ways
in which symbols can be arranged as
VERONICA MACIAS opposed to the meanings of those symbols.
34573 - Semantic rule: Rules that govern the
meaning of language as opposed to its
structure.
-Pragmatic rule: Rules that govern how
people use language in everyday interaction.

EXPLAIN DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES

WHAT IS A FACT, WHAT IS AN OPINION, WHAT IS AN INFERENCE,
WHEN AND HOW DO WE CONFUSE THEM?
Fact: It rains more in Seattle than in Portland.
Inference: You don't care about what I have to say.
Opinion: The climate in Portland is better than in Seattle.
IN LANGUAGE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
Females friends spend a lot of time
discussing personal and domestic
subjects, relationships, family, health, etc.
Males Men discuss more about music,
current events, sports, business, etc.
 EXPLAIN EQUIVOCAL LANGUAGE. GIVE EXAMPLES. WHAT IS EMOTIVE LANGUAGE?

Misunderstandings can occur when words are equivocal, meaning Language that conveys an attitude rather
that they are open to more than one interpretation. For example, a than simply offering an objective
nurse once told a patient that he "wouldn't be needing" the materials description. Emotive words may sound like
he requested from home. He interpreted the statement to mean he statements of fact but are always
was near death, when the nurse meant he would be going home soon. opinions.

EXPLAIN EUPHEMISMS. WHEN DO WE USE

THEM?

ABSTRACT LANGUAGE (EXPLAIN) Is a mild or indirect term or expression

substituted for a more direct but
Speech that refers to events or objects only vaguely- serves a potentially less pleasant one. We are using
second, less obvious function. At times it allows us to avoid euphemisms when we say "restroom"
confrontations by deliberately being unclear. Suppose, for example, instead of "toilet" or "full-figured" instead
your boss is enthusiastic about a new approach to doing business of "overweight." The airline industry often
that you think is a terrible idea. Telling the truth might seem too uses euphemisms.
risky, but lying-saying, "I think it's a great idea"-wouldn't feel right
either. In situations like this an abstract answer can hint at your true
belief without a direct confrontation: "I don't know. . . It's sure
unusual. . . It might work."

WHAT IS EQUIVOCATION? EXAMPLES

Equivocation at least partially explains

why men may sometimes persist in
attempts to become physically intimate
when women have expressed unwillingness
to do so.