Com Lecture Notes 7-1-19 PDF

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These are the lecture notes for Dr. Young's intro to communication class. (COM 1000) They are comprised of key information he states as well as information from the slides he presented. Much of what is on these notes are on his final exams, but having these would save you the time of having to type...

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What is Language? ○ Symbolized thought ■ Language can ● Clarify ● Obscure ● Influence perception ● Set parameters of thought (influences the way we think) Doublespeak○ Softens expressions ■ Ex) collateral damage, friendly fire Doubletalk○ Words that sound like real words but aren’t real When did language begin? ○ Glottology- study of origin of language ○ No “original” languages exist anymore ○ Language is not static (words change throughout decades ex) “Groovy” in the 70’s, “fire” today. ○ More than 7,100 languages currently used worldwide Linguistic Relativity (Benjamin Whorf) ○ What we perceive is limited by the language in which we think and speak ○ Different languages lead to different patterns of thought Mokusatsu Incident The Five Canons of Rhetoric Invention Arrangement (best way to get the message across) Style (formal or informal, technical or general) Delivery (formal or informal) Memory Style ○ No matter how erudite, if style is ineffective, it’s bad. ○ No matter how plain, if style is effective, it's good. Effective Language ○ Helps listeners remembers ○ Awakens feelings ○ Moves people to actions Rhetorical Devices ○ Simile ○ Metaphor ○ Hyperbole ○ Alliteration ○ Parallelism ○ Antithesis ○ Repetition

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○ Inversion Cool Rhetorical Devices ○ Onomatopoeia ○ Portmanteau (Fantabulous, ginormous) Uncool Rhetorical Devices ○ Malapropism ■ Sounds right but isn’t ○ Spoonerism ○...