Maggie Coulter's blog

Nonverbal Communication

2008-04-10T20:52:19Z

After reading the article about Japanese silences in conversation it got me thinking about nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication is important because it happens continuously and many times people do not realize that they are doing it. I...

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Responses

2008-04-10T20:51:53Z

I am going to discuss what we learned in class today about responses. Request: Could you please tutor me? Accept: Yes Reject: I have a lot of work to do so I do not think I would have time Assesment: It is really pretty out today Agree: Yes...

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Explicature

2008-04-04T17:22:15Z

I am going to see if I understand the explicatures that we went over in class 1) Disambiguation Example: Mary sat down on the side of the bank last night. bank could either be a place where money is kept or a bank of a river 2) Reference Assi...

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Politeness

2008-04-04T17:14:08Z

I am going to use the tree that was drawn on the board in class to see if I know the different types of politeness Wanting someone to turn down the radio 1) You can either Say something or Say nothing (either point to your ear and make and face o...

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Maxim

2008-03-28T14:02:44Z

I am still confused about Maxims so I am going to use this post as some practice. 1) Maxim of quality- regards truth telling Example: I am a communications major. 2)Maxim of Quantity- the amount of information that a statement tells Example: W...

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Implicature

2008-03-28T13:50:10Z

In class we learned that an implicature is "any meaning that a sentence may have that goes beyond an account of its meaning in terms of truth conditions" We also learned that there are two types of implictures, generalized and particularized. I a...

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perlocutionary and illocutionary

2008-03-21T13:11:33Z

For my second blog I am going to continue concentrating on chapter 17. Before class I was completely confused about perlocutionary and illocutionary. Perlocutionary acts are external while illocutionary acts are internal. Perlocutionary someone e...

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Performative Verbs

2008-03-21T13:10:52Z

While doing the homework Wednesday night I was completely confused on chapter 17 so for my blog work this week I am going to make sure I understand the parts that I that I had the most trouble with. Performative Verbs: He ran over the bridge. ...

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Ambiguity

2008-02-29T17:05:14Z

On the test yesterday I don't know if I was right when I was doing the test for homonyms and polysemy. "She was at the head of her class" "She was born with a full head of hair" Does X Mean Y in some context and Z in others? Yes head in ...

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Idioms and Metaphors

2008-02-29T17:00:37Z

I think I finally understand how you can tell the difference between metaphors and idioms. Idioms can't be translated over from one language to another because they lose there meaning so saying "They are going out and painting the town red" can't...

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