Chapter 5: Verbal Communication

Which of these are functions of communication?

• Instrumental

• Regulatory

• Personal

• Heuristic

Which of these answers are functions of verbal communication?

• Communicating information

• Interactional

• Imaginative

• Antagonizing

Which Pragmatics theory is this?

When people communicate, they don't just say things but actually do things with their words.

• Speech Act Theory

• Conversational Rules

• Contextual Rules

Which unit of Pragmatics is this?

Governs how communicators organize conversation.

• Speech Act Theory

• Speech Rules

• Conversational Rules

• None of the Above

True or false?

According to the Pragmatics unit, contextual rules, use of language varies depending on situation.

• True

• False

What is the term for this?

Study of rules that govern word order.

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Phonology

• Pragmatics

What is the correct term for this?

Study of meaning behind conversation.

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Phonology

• Pragmatics