What is the term for variations in a language, mainly in grammar and semantics?

A) dialect
B) accent
C) syntax
D) articulation


A) dialect

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Which of the following is/are true about cable television?

a. The early cable-connected households were part of a CATV (community antenna TV) system. b. More than half of American homes have basic cable TV. c. Ted Turner’s TNT first relayed programs by satellite in 1976, and CNN began in 1979. d. All of these answers are correct.

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Introductions should do all of the following EXCEPT

a. grab the attention of the audience. b. provide support for the main points. c. set the tone of a presentation. d. provide the audience an overview of the organization pattern of the speech.

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The sender controls the true meanings of a speaker's statement

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Consider an excerpt from the statement of purpose forwarded by Sanchez and Stuckey (2000) in their analysis of the text The Indian in the Cupboard

"We then analyze the elements that promote emancipatory readings in counter-hegemonic text: the theme of maturation, overt challenges to hegemonic codes, and the proffering of implicit alternatives to those codes" (p.79) Sanchez, V.E. & Stuckey, M.E. (2000). Coming of age as a culture? Emancipatory and hegemonic readings of The Indian in the Cupboard. Western Journal of Communication, 64(1), 78-91. Which tradition in communication criticism does this description illustrate? a. The rhetorical tradition b. The social tradition c. The cultural tradition d. The critical tradition

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