Slang refers to new or adapted words that are specific to a group, context, and/or time period; regarded as less formal; and representative of people’s creative play with language.
This is exactly like playing Arma Reforger online with my friends. We make up random tactical words that change all the time depending on the situation. If you are new to the server you probably wont understand anything we say. Its just a fast way for us to talk during the game.
Communicating emotions using “I language” may also facilitate emotion sharing by not making our conversational partner feel at fault or defensive.
Group projects can facilitate this kind of stuff. If I tell someone they never help they more than likely get mad and do even less. If I say I am feeling stressed about the work and I could use the help they usually step up.
One feature of communicative incivility is polarizing language, which refers to language that presents people, ideas, or situations as polar opposites. Such language exaggerates differences and overgeneralizes.
You see this everywhere on Facebook. People act like everything is completely black or white and they pick a side. Seems the focus is to create division and no one actually listens to each other. It basically just shuts down the whole conversation and wastes time. This has lead to me ridding my phone of the app. Except for marketplace nothing better then looking at cool stuff I cannot afford.
code-switching refers to changes in accent, dialect, or language (Martin & Nakayama, 2010). There are many reasons that people might code-switch. Regarding accents, some people hire vocal coaches or speech-language pathologists to help them alter their accent
I do this at my IT help desk job on campus all the time. I talk totally normal to other students when they come in for help. But when my boss or a teacher comes in I switch up and sound super professional.
The triangle of meaning is a model of communication that indicates the relationship among a thought, symbol, and referent and highlights the indirect relationship between the symbol and referent
This makes sense when I think about talking with my wife about house stuff. We use the same word but picture completely different things in our heads. It usually leads to a dumb argument over nothing.
If you found a source in the library, you could be assured of its credibility because a librarian had subscribed to or purchased that content. When you use Internet resources like Google or Wikipedia, you have no guarantees
This really highlights the shift in responsibility for us today. Back then, the librarian acted as the filter. Now, we’re essentially our own 'librarians' every time we use Google, and that makes being critical of our sources a skill we have to actively maintain.
Our challenge now is not accessing information but discerning what information is credible and relevant.
This is very topical, particularly regarding technical fields like cybersecurity. When preparing a speech or a technical report, locating data is the easy part. The real challenge much like evaluating open-source software or troubleshooting through forums is discerning the credibility of the source.
Think of your outline as a living document that grows and takes form throughout your speech-making process.
This is a solid way to look at it. I usually think of outlines as a finished product you build at the end, but treating it like a living document makes way more sense. It's just like the technical documentation I use to manage while serving. You have to let the structure evolve as you refine the details, otherwise, the whole thing ends up feeling disjointed.
There are several ways you can organize your main points, and some patterns correspond well to a particular subject area or speech type.
The selection of an appropriate organizational structure is very important. Chronological program is best used for technical demonstrations, such as establishing a secure home network. In persuasion, the problem-solution structure is crucial, not only to demonstrate a vulnerability but how it can be eliminated.
Many people do not approach speech preparation in an informed and systematic way, which results in many poorly planned or executed speeches
this is an excellent testament to the need for proper scoping. Attempting to broadly cover all aspects of computer optimization would be overwhelming and result in poor information delivery. Systematically narrowing the focus allows for a much stronger presentation.