Verbal Communication

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=891826" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="31800640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Message </b></FONT><B>   |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Message"><U><B>home</b></U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336699" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </b></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Verbal Communication Activities"><U><B>Verbal Communication Activities</b></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <U>Verbal Communication</U></div> <div>                </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="364" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 235 WIDTH="185"><div>                                                        </div> <bR> <div> "A choice of words </div> <div> is a choice of worlds." </div> <bR> <bR> <div>  Ray Penn,  Communication Professor. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3699de20.jpg" border=0 width="157" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Denotative meaning</b></FONT><B>-</b>Dictionary definition of a word</div> <div> <B>Connotative meaning-</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The feelings or association each person has about a word.</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.expage.com/page/mygreatnsycebonics" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.expage.com/page/mygreatnsyceb"><U>Ebonics Dictionary</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>PEOPLE DETERMINE MEANING   </b>                                                              </div> <div> Meanings are ultimately determined by people, not words</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2915bf30.gif" border=0 width="347" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Safir-Whorf Hypothesis</b></div> <div> Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf suggest that language helps us determine how we see and think about the world.  They believe that language restricts the thought of people who use it and the limits of one's language become the limits of one's world<I>. Example:  Eskimos have many names for snow so they think about snow differently.</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Ritual language:</b> </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Takes place in an environment where conventionalized response is expected.  (Same as Scripts)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Please, Thank You</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Funeral:  "He was a wonderful man, he will be missed."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wedding:  "Isn't the bride beautiful."</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <B>Inappropriate language</b>: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ethnic slurs, words that insult (stupid, ugly), </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Blasphemous or obscene (Bodily function word)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Aggressive works "Drop dead/Shut up."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Euphemism:</b> </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Using a softer less direct word for something that might be seen as unpleasant.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Beef-not dead cow"</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Passed Away not dead</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.westwords.com/GUFFEY/euquiz.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.westwords.com/GUFFEY/euquiz.h"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Euphemism Quiz</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Look at a list of all the ways students came up with to say, "I have to go to the bathroom"   </FONT><A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Excuse me, I need to powder my nose! "><U>Excuse me, I need to powder my nose!   </U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Specialization</b>:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Specialized words specific to language environment</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Computer literate individuals know:  http, ftp, bblggp, browser, search engine, web site, net, upload </div> <bR> <div> <B>Dialect</b></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The habitual language of a community</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ya'll, warsh, Wallie World</div> <bR> <div> <B>Paralanguage</b></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vocal cues or the way we say our words.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Slang</b></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Examples from Dave Barry, humor columist:  good, swell, keen, hot, groovy, dynamite, awesome, fly, dynamite, down hep,  happening,spank, chillin, rad, trippin, sweet, Puf daddy, cutting the mustard</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Try these links for more slang</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.slanguage.com/littlerock.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.slanguage.com/littlerock.html"><U>Arkansas Slang</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.slanguage.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.slanguage.com/"><U>American Slanguage</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.delao-marko.com/AC/spanglish.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.delao-marko.com/AC/spanglish."><U>Examples of Spanglish</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>The average man speaks roughly 12,500 words per day</b></div> <div> <B>The average woman speaks more than 25,000 words per day</b></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="23b644a0.gif" border=0 width="100" height="74" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Gender and Language</b></div> <div> According to Deborah Tannen-Sociolinguist</div> <bR> <div> <B><U> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="485" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#A6CAF0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="225"><div> <B>Feminine Talk</b></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 WIDTH="241"><div> <B>Masculine Talk</b></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="225"><div> Rapport Talk     </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Report Talk</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Language that leads to intimacy</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Goal is to maintain status</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> Language to establish relationships</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Goal to demonstrate knowledge, skill</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Matching Communication</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> 1- Up Communication</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Wants to talk about problems</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Talks about fixing problems</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Use more personal pronouns</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Interrupt more     </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> Make requests:  "Would you please write this down."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Give directives "Write this down"</div> <div> "You Should" "Why don't you"</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> Use more questions: Uses questions to include others</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Asks questions to gain information</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> Use more justifies "I say this because"</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Uses powerful language</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> Gossips about friends and family</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Gossips about political and sports figures and powerful people</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> Use more intensive adjectives:  Really, very </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Treat communication as a contest</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Soften Language "Let's"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Interrupts more</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> Doesn't commit to topics unless certain</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Speaks as an authority</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Uses empty adj. "cute, nice"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="241" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> Talks about relationships and feelings</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Talks about doing things or how to get things done</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="225"><div> Talks about people</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Talks about business and news</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Uses hedges, "sort of" " I guess"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="241" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> In class, more comfortable working in small groups</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> In class, welcomes arguments and challenges</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="225"><div> In class, offers personal anecdotes</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="241"><div> Rejects anecdotal information as unimportant</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0d177940.gif" border=0 width="119" height="148" ALT="Metafile Companion Picture (32-bit)" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Women tend to collect facts about family &  friends and men tend to collect data on famous people--political and sports figures</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.jmu.edu/evision/essays/jansen.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jmu.edu/evision/essays/jansen"><U><I><B>What a Woman Wants</b></I></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>an essay summarizing gender research</b></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Men are Clams: Women are Crowbars</div> <div> David Clarke, Ph.D.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Men want Control</b></div> <div> <B>Women want Communication</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Male Zone</b></div> <div> "The Male zone is a periodic mental blank spot that men move into without warning.  During the "zone," there appears to be very little, is any brain activity. For a brief period, conscious thought ceases. (83)  The woman, being a woman, has to ask this question: "What were you thinking about?"  The man, being a man, with all sincerity has to respond: "Nothing."  The woman can't believe it. "What do you mean, nothing?" She can't conceive of going lank and having nothing on her mind. It's never happened to her.  She's convinced he's lying.  He had to be thinking something?" (84)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Women Wing It, Men Mull Over It</b></div> <div> "Women process as they talk.  They make connections and figure out their reactions as they go...Very often, a woman will start a conversation this way: "I don't know how I feel, but..." She'll pull the whole thing together somehow. Of course, the man is thinking: "Well, if you don't know, be quiet. Let me know when you've figured it all out."  He wants the short condensed version, not the long, drawn out one. " (88)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Men Must Ride The Train</b></div> <div> "Men do their processing internally. It's a big secret. Before a man will share verbally what's inside, he'll go through a series of steps.  A man won't wing it...No way, he'll go through his painstaking mental inventory every time.  He has to--he's a man.  He won't blurt something out that might embarrass him." (90)</div> <bR> <div> "You can't expect a man to spontaneously share what's inside.  You have a right to expect him to share personally with you.  Without mutual sharing, your relationship can't be deep and intimate.  What I'm saying is you have to let him do his personal sharing his way." (96)</div> <bR> <div> It is best to announce an important decision making talk and then let the man "ride the train" and think about the information and then come back together and talk about the topic and let the woman "wing it. "</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>How To Make A Great Conversation</b></div> <div> "Here's the deal the two of you make,  The woman allows the man his time and space to process.  She realizes his need for the train and lets him board without resistance.  The man agrees to find out what's inside, come back to the woman, and initiate the talk." (115)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Men are Always Right</b></div> <div> <B>"</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >A man has a one-track mind.  I'm referring to a man's tendency to believe that he has truth in every situation in life.  He as thought about the situation.  He has considered all the options.  He has objectively applied his logic.  He has carefully processed the available facts. Therefore, it follows that his conclusion is the best conclusion.  His way is the best way.  He is right and you, the woman are wrong." (173)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> "A woman, by nature, has a two-tracked mind.  She can consider, not just her version of a situation, but also the man's version.  She can accept what he is saying and try to somehow reconcile his truth and her truth...When a woman tries to share her view and her feelings about the situation, he's offended.  You see her view isn't necessary.  He's already delivered the one true view.  Can't she see that?" (174)</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Logical Man</b></div> <div> "Men primary operate logically.  Our first reaction to most situations is logical." "Give me the facts..".It is an impersonal, objective, intellectual reaction....Men do have an emotional reaction, but it is secondary." (144)</div> <bR> <div> "We (men) hate--absolutely hate--situation in which we feel our of control and that's the main problem we have with emotion.  For us, emotion is being out of control " (164)</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Emotional Woman</b></div> <div> "Women primarily operate...guess how? Emotionally. A woman's first reaction to most situations is emotional" I'm angry, I'm upset and I don't know yet, I'm sensing, I'm going by feel.  It is a personal, more subjective, gut-level reaction.  A woman automatically attaches herself to a situation and reacts emotionally to every detail in that situation...She does have a logical reaction, but it is secondary.  She can be just as logical as the man, but she won't happen until later in the conversation. </div> <bR> <div> "For most men, "facts" are a major part of conversation.  For example, when Norma would meet me at the door, she'd often say, "Can we talk tonight?" My first response was always, "About what?" Like detective Joe Friday most men want their wives to "Give me the facts Ma'am, just the facts." Indeed, when the average male runs our of facts, he'll stop talking. (Gary Smalley)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="27364680.gif" border=0 width="100" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Doublespeak"><U>Doublespeak</U></A></div> <div> Video clip shown in class</div> <bR> <div>  William Lutz  defined doublespeak as:  Language that pretends to communicate but does not.  It is language that makes the bad seem good and makes something negative appear positive..Doublespeak<B> </b>is a combination of the words "newspeak" and "doublethink"</div> <bR> <div> <B>Lutz Identified Four Major Types:</b></div> <div> 1.  Euphemism</div> <div> 2.  Jargon</div> <div> 3.  Bureacratese /Gobbly Gook</div> <div> 4.  Inflated Language</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> These examples of "doublespeak" come from a book entitled</div> <div> <B><U> Doublespeak</U></b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > written by William Lutz published by HarperCollins in 1989. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Reagan Administration didn't propose new taxes, just "revenue enhancement" through new "user's fees."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The U.S. Army doesn't kill anymore, they just "service the target." </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Blasting the hell out of a specific area, killing and destroying everything possible in that zone becomes "surgical bombing" in the "theater."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lawyers speak of "involuntary conversion" instead of "theft." </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Laying off 5000 people from their jobs becomes "initiates a career alternative enhancement program." </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Doctors losing their patients don't really lose them, they have a "negative patient care outcome."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> When the Pentagon attacks the enemy first, it is called "pre-emptive counterattack."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> "Backloading of augmentation personnel" means "retreat!"</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> The invasion of Grenada in 1983 was made not by our military, but by the "Caribbean Peace Keeping Forces" and it wasn't really an invasion but a "predawn vertical insertion." </div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </b>The Nazi government<B> </b>was an expert in using "doublespeak." "Resettlement" meant deportation, "Special Action Groups" were units that conducted mass murder, "action" meant murder, "selections" meant gassing, "shot while trying to escape" meant deliberately killed in a concentration camp. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>For more on doublespeak try these links:</b></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cord.edu/faculty/sprunger/e315/dbltk.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cord.edu/faculty/sprunger/e31"><U>Doublespeak Proverbs</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/testtickle/humor/mensa.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.aol.com/testtickle/humor/"><U>Nursery Rhymes and specialized language</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://scholar.nepean.uws.edu.au/~n9813793/handout.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://scholar.nepean.uws.edu.au/~n98137"><U>Tutorial Presentation: Doublespeak</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/8.2/doublespeak/doublespeak-sidebar.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/8.2/doublespe"><U>Great Moments in Doublespeak</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.townonline.com/working/about/doublespeak.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.townonline.com/working/about/"><U>Doublespeak:  The Language of Business</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.netins.net/showcase/clevad/double.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.netins.net/showcase/clevad/do"><U>Double-talk</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.prisonwall.org/lingo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.prisonwall.org/lingo.htm"><U>A Prisoners Dictionary</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus</b></div> <div> <B>Dr. John Gray</b></div> <div> Video may be shown in class and available in the library</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Men need to go to their "caves" to unwind.  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Women need to have someone listen to them without judging or giving solutions.  </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="27587c90.jpg" border=0 width="135" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> <div> <B>TO HAVE Powerful Talk...</b></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Avoid hedges and qualifiers "I guess, kind of"</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Eliminate hesitations  "uh" "you know"</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Avoid tag questions "Communication is a great class, isn't it?"</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Do not use disclaimers "I'm really not prepared to speak today.."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use action verbs</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use active voice: The boy hit the ball vs The boy was hit by the ball</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">People who use powerful talk are seen as more credible, attractive and persuasive</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Powerful talk  comes directly to the point</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Powerful talk  does not use hesitation or qualification</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use lively, vivid language  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ethics:</b> We make moral choices when we use our words. </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>"A choice of words is a choice of worlds." </I></div> <div> <I> Ray Penn Comm professor. </I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="134c2090.gif" border=0 width="450" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>