Speech&Comm Vocab Ch.1-2

the hidden meaning of a word

• connotation

• decoding

• denotation

• dialet

adopting facial expressions normally associated with one feeling to disguise another

• feedback

• interference

• masking

• nonverbal symbols

vocal sound goes up and down the scale

• volume

• tone

• pitch

• pauses

pauses in speech used to emphasize or create suspense

• tone

• pitch

• volume

• vocalized pauses

A return message

• feedback

• interference

• message

• semantic noise

Consists of any sound that prevents a person from being heard

• feeback

• interference

• physical noice

• semantic noise

The process of turning ideas and feelings into verbal and nonverbal symbols

• decoding

• communication

• message

• encoding

the dictionary meaning of a word

• connotation

• denotation

• Standard English

• dialect

Finding the meaning of verbal and nonverbal symbols

• connotation

• decoding

• encoding

• denotation

Ideas and feelings that people send or receive when they communicate

• communication

• message

• feedback

• encoding