COM Chapter 5 Test
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Equivocal words are words that can be interpreted in more than one way.
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True
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Emotive words are words that sound as if they're describing something, but are really announcing the speaker's attitude toward it.
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True
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Linguistic relativism is a notion that holds that our cultural worldview is shaped and reflected by the language spoken by its members.
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True
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"I'm rather upset" is more powerful language than "I'm upset."
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False
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A perfectly worded "I" message delivered with total sincerity will ensure that the other person will not get defensive.
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False
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American Sign Language is considered a literal system of communication rather than symbolic.
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False
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Syntactic rules govern the grammatical aspects of a language.
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True
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Relative words gain their meaning from comparison.
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True
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The U.S. is a high-context language culture.
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False
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High-level abstractions can be useful as verbal shorthand between two people who know each other well.
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True
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All human languages are symbolic in nature.
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True
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Inferential statements are conclusions arrived at from an interpretation of evidence.
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True
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"No" is so clear and short that it is one of the few words that is never misinterpreted in any intercultural exchange.
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False
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Syntactic misunderstandings arise when people assign different meanings to the same words.
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False
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Low-level abstract language can lead to blanket judgments and stereotyping.
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False
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Low-context cultures use language to maintain social harmony.
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False
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One way in which language styles vary across cultures is whether they are elaborate or succinct.
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True
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There are never times when equivocal language can be useful.
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False
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Pragmatic rules are stated rules that help us make sense of another's messages.
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False
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Affiliation can develop in Online Communities by an increase of shared language and conversation style.
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True
