Taylor M. is a 19-year-old female with blonde hair. Taylor K. is a 17-year-old male with brown hair. This illustrates the characteristic of language as
a. symbolic.
b. rule-governed.
c. denotative.
d. phonological.
A
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a. Multiple choice exam b. Short essay answers c. Semantic differential scale
These individuals often have legal authority to make decisions for conflicting parties when a decision cannot be reached in other ways
A) mediators B) negotiators C) arbitrators D) peacemakers
In his assertion that "Nothing is clear in and of itself but in some context for some person," communication scholar Robert L. Scott meant that __________.
A. when we talk with others, we say things in certain ways that undermine the creation of meaning B. one person's perceptions are not more accurate than another's C. words are static and unchanging D. communication occurs in a linear, step-by-step fashion
Amy is writing a book about eastern European Jews who migrated during World War II to the United States. Her book includes stories about how eastern European Jews brought with them their Jewish culture and their eastern European culture. She also describes in her book how they adopted new cultural patterns as they became U.S. Americans. The information included by Amy in her book is a form of ________ history.
A. intellectual B. diasporic C. colonial D. family