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Proponents of the _____________ position recognize the power of language but see language as a tool rather than a mirror of perception. |
| | A) | nominalist |
| | B) | qualified relativist |
| | C) | relativist |
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_____________ is the study of how meaning is constructed in relation to receivers, and how language is actually used in particular contexts in language communities. |
| | A) | Semantics |
| | B) | Syntactics |
| | C) | Pragmatics |
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Which of the following communication styles is the one in which most of the information is either in the physical context or internalized in the person, while very little is in the coded, explicit, transmitted part of the message? |
| | A) | elaborate |
| | B) | high-context |
| | C) | direct |
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According to which of the following theories do the most powerful groups consciously or unconsciously formulate a communication system that supports their perception of the world? |
| | A) | co-cultural communication |
| | B) | semiotics |
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_____________ refers to a kind of communication that emerges when speakers of one language are speaking in another language. |
| | A) | Multilingual |
| | B) | Bilingual |
| | C) | Interlanguage |
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_____________ refers to the process of verbally expressing what is said or written in another language. |
| | A) | Interpretation |
| | B) | Translation |
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_____________ is a technical term in communication that refers to the phenomenon of changing languages, dialects, or even accents. |
| | A) | Honorific |
| | B) | Code-switching |
| | C) | Interlanguage |
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_____________ refers to the entire system of language (its theoretical conceptualization). |
| | A) | Creole |
| | B) | Pidgin |
| | C) | La langue |
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Which of the following is the approach used by Intercultural Communication scholars to distinguish between language and discourse, to identify the components of language, and to explore the relationship between language, meaning, and perception? |
| | A) | static-dynamic dialectic approach |
| | B) | interpretive approach |
| | C) | critical approach |
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The emphasis in _____________ is on the generation of meaning, focusing on a single word. |
| | A) | progrmatics |
| | B) | semantics |
| | C) | phonetics |
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