MCOM 2310 EXAM 1 TTU QUESTIONS
What is the basic goal of all communication? - Answers- To create meaning
What is the goal of using language? - Answers- To communicate meaning
Bricks are to a building as ______ are to language. - Answers- words
What characteristic of language refers to how words represent objects and ideas but are
not themselves the objects or ideas? - Answers- Symbolism
Which of these best describes the process of creating meaning? - Answers-
Deceptively complex
What is an example of a new word that has been acquired due to the expansion of
technology? - Answers- Podcast
Which of the following best describes the influence of words on the way we
communicate with others? - Answers- Extensive
Syntactic rules - Answers- Which of the following has the greatest influence on the
coinage of new words?
pragmatic rules - Answers- helps us interpret statements
semantic rules - Answers- dictates the meaning of individual words
Which of the following is a violation of a syntactic rule? - Answers- From I just returned
New York.
denotative meaning - Answers- The literal meaning of a word—the way a dictionary
defines it.
connotative meaning - Answers- The literal meaning of a word—the way a dictionary
defines it.
Which word best describes language with strong connotative meanings? - Answers-
suggestive
What type of rules governs what words mean? - Answers- Semantic
Why is it important to follow the rules of your native language? - Answers- To be
understood even if the meaning of words changes over time
What are the essential qualities of language? - Answers- It is symbolic in nature.
, It has many layers of meaning.
Which of the following is an example of the use of symbolism? - Answers- Inventing a
new word to represent a complex idea
phonological rule - Answers- phonological rule
Which of the following has the greatest influence on the coinage of new words? -
Answers- Technology
Which of the following is most relevant to pragmatic rules? - Answers- tone
What characterizes ambiguous language? - Answers- multiple meanings
Ambiguous language - Answers- language that we can interpret to have more than one
meaning
What word would be considered most concrete? - Answers- newark
Which word has the strongest connotative meaning? - Answers- slum
What describes a statement that can be interpreted in multiple ways? - Answers-
Ambiguous
What word would be considered most abstract? - Answers- emotion
Speakers whom the audience trusts because they seem trustworthy have - Answers-
Credibility
What describes a word or phrase that is ineffective because it has been overused? -
Answers- Cliché
Which word is part of a dialect? - Answers- y'all
Dialect - Answers- a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or
social group.
Defamination - Answers- language that harms a person's reputation or that gives them
a negative image
libel - Answers- a defamatory statement that appears in print or some other mixed
medium
slander - Answers- a defamatory statement made aloud or within earshot
What is the basic goal of all communication? - Answers- To create meaning
What is the goal of using language? - Answers- To communicate meaning
Bricks are to a building as ______ are to language. - Answers- words
What characteristic of language refers to how words represent objects and ideas but are
not themselves the objects or ideas? - Answers- Symbolism
Which of these best describes the process of creating meaning? - Answers-
Deceptively complex
What is an example of a new word that has been acquired due to the expansion of
technology? - Answers- Podcast
Which of the following best describes the influence of words on the way we
communicate with others? - Answers- Extensive
Syntactic rules - Answers- Which of the following has the greatest influence on the
coinage of new words?
pragmatic rules - Answers- helps us interpret statements
semantic rules - Answers- dictates the meaning of individual words
Which of the following is a violation of a syntactic rule? - Answers- From I just returned
New York.
denotative meaning - Answers- The literal meaning of a word—the way a dictionary
defines it.
connotative meaning - Answers- The literal meaning of a word—the way a dictionary
defines it.
Which word best describes language with strong connotative meanings? - Answers-
suggestive
What type of rules governs what words mean? - Answers- Semantic
Why is it important to follow the rules of your native language? - Answers- To be
understood even if the meaning of words changes over time
What are the essential qualities of language? - Answers- It is symbolic in nature.
, It has many layers of meaning.
Which of the following is an example of the use of symbolism? - Answers- Inventing a
new word to represent a complex idea
phonological rule - Answers- phonological rule
Which of the following has the greatest influence on the coinage of new words? -
Answers- Technology
Which of the following is most relevant to pragmatic rules? - Answers- tone
What characterizes ambiguous language? - Answers- multiple meanings
Ambiguous language - Answers- language that we can interpret to have more than one
meaning
What word would be considered most concrete? - Answers- newark
Which word has the strongest connotative meaning? - Answers- slum
What describes a statement that can be interpreted in multiple ways? - Answers-
Ambiguous
What word would be considered most abstract? - Answers- emotion
Speakers whom the audience trusts because they seem trustworthy have - Answers-
Credibility
What describes a word or phrase that is ineffective because it has been overused? -
Answers- Cliché
Which word is part of a dialect? - Answers- y'all
Dialect - Answers- a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or
social group.
Defamination - Answers- language that harms a person's reputation or that gives them
a negative image
libel - Answers- a defamatory statement that appears in print or some other mixed
medium
slander - Answers- a defamatory statement made aloud or within earshot
