Chapter 2

When  you speak, your listener gets messages from?

• what you say and your vocabulary
• how you look and your words
• how you act, how you look, and what you say
• what you say, how you act, and your voice

Nonverbal language is

• communication by letter
• communication by dance
• communication without words
• communication with words and behavior

Some of the function of nonverbal language are

• to agree with or contradict verbal messages
• to replace verbal messages
• to emphasize verbal messages
• all choices available

The first thing that children learn about language is

• rules of grammar
• to say "mama"
• symbolic meanings
• long words like imbeud

Some of the ways or reasons that language changes are

• new words are needed for objects and ideas
• words come from other languages
• meanings of existing words change
• all available choices

When words are blended, new words like ______ are created.

• skateboard
• microchip
• foolish
• motel

The denotation of a word is

• its hidden meaning
• its meaning to you
• its origin
• its dictionary meaning

The connotation of a word is

• the feelings and associations the word evokes
• the dictionary meaning of the word
• the negative reaction that the word gets
• the way that an advertiser uses the word

The following words have positive connotations:

• cheerful, sunshine, pale
• honest, beautiful, worm
• healthy, sweet, fresh
• underhanded, sneaky, cruel

The following words have neutral connotations

• book, cupboard, gruel
• explain, viewers, letter
• carrot, spring, bubbly
• light, happy, box