Practice Quiz Chapter 03

. What is communication divergence?

A communication strategy that emphasizes difference and distance

A communication strategy that emphasizes similarity and affinity

A communication strategy that emphasizes personal responsibility

A communication strategy that resists accepting personal responsibility

. What is the definition of language?

A set of rules that controls how words are pronounced and combined

The words and phrases that identify a specific culture or region

The rules that control the everyday use of words and meaning

A collection of symbols controlled by rules and used to exchange messages

. What are connotations?

The dictionary definition of a word

The extended or accumulated meanings of a word

The use of a pleasant word instead of an unpleasant word

The context in which a word or phrase is spoken

. What does "responsibility" refer to with regard to language?

The speaker's willingness to own or accept the consequences of a message

The choice to use non-sexist and non-racist diction

The various rule sets that shape a language

The decision to avoid euphemism and equivocal phrasing

. What is jargon?

A loaded word

A word or phrase that substitutes a mild idea for an unpleasant idea

A communication strategy that resists accepting personal responsibility

A specialized vocabulary used by people in a specific profession or with a common background

. What is emotive language?

Language that considers the sensitivity of the message recipient

Language used by people who share a cultural background

Language that communicates the speaker's attitude rather than objective description

Language that communicates an interpretation rather than a factual statement

. "The city administration doesn't care about the needs of bus riders." This comment represents which kind of expression?

A factual statement

Emotive language

An interpretive statement

Equivocation

. Poetry, particularly more traditional verse, often disrupts expected word order to draw attention to an image or idea or to adhere to the metrical rule of the line. This is a deliberate violation of what kind of language rule?

Phonological

Syntactic

Semantic

Pragmatic

. A friend of mine is very tight-lipped. She rarely speaks, and when she does, her comments sometimes feel a bit cryptic. She is very non-confrontational and keeps relationships in our group of friend smooth and calm. What might you guess about this person's background?

She comes from a highly formal culture.

She comes from a highly informal culture.

She comes from a high-context culture.

She comes from a low-context culture.

. When my mother asked if I liked the gift she'd sent for my birthday, I told her it was completely unexpected and I'd never received anything like it before. What kind of speech might I be using in this situation?

Equivocation

Emotive language

Euphemism

Jargon

. Relative words refer to language that gains meaning through comparison.

TRUE

FALSE

. One way to avoid being confused by inferential statements presented as factual statements is by using perception checking.

TRUE

FALSE

. Linguistic relativism refers to the idea that language has a strong influence on perception.

TRUE

FALSE

. English is a phonologically regular language.

TRUE

FALSE

. Some features of the English language embed the idea that women are less valuable than men.

TRUE

FALSE

. Canada's Prairie provinces reflect a low-context culture.

TRUE

FALSE

. The pragmatic rules that govern how language is used in ordinary speech are constrained by semantic rules.

TRUE

FALSE

. A respectful way to refer to people from a specific ethnic background is to call people what they prefer to be called.

TRUE

FALSE

. If I refer to "beta," "dynos," "barn-dooring," and a "bomber hold," I am using slang.

TRUE

FALSE

. A low-context culture is a culture that expresses messages indirectly.

TRUE

FALSE

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