Messages vary in politeness

Messages cab be ononymous

Meanings are very easy to understand

Meanings are in people

Messages can deceive

Meanings depend on context

Meanings are both denotative and connotative

Messages vary in assertiveness

Meaning does not depend on the context

Is the tendency to retain evaluations without change while the reality to which they refer is ever changing.

Refers to the emotional meaning that specific speakers-listeners give to a word.

Refers to the meaning you’d find in a dictionary; its maning tht members of th culture assign to a word.

Advises you to avoid taking credit for accomplishments and to minimize your abilities or talents in conversation.

False

True

Is the process of ignoring the presence and the communications of others.

Refers to the meaning you’d find in a dictionary; it’s meaning that members of the culture assign to a word.

Accepting, supporting, and acknowledging the importance of the other person.

Refers to the emotional meaning that specific speakers-listeners give to a word.