Verbal Communication

4. newly coined or used words
8. culturally agreed on and ever-changing systems of symbols that help us organize, understand, and generate meaning
9. refers to definitions accepted by the language group as a whole, or the dictionary definition of a word
10. conclusion about or judgement of experiences and observations
14. stating wants or requesting help or support
15. the process by which we learn to understand, produce, and use words to communicate within a given language group
17. messages that make others respond definsively
18. refers to definitions that are based on emotion- or experience-based associations people have with a word

1. utterances that try to get another person to do something
2. report of sensory experiences or memories
3. something that stands in for or represents something else
5. a property of language referring to our ability to talk about events that are removed in space or time from a speaker and situation
6. communicating emotions
7. messages communicated in an open, honest, and nonconfrontational way
11. the rules that govern how words are used to make phrases and sentences
12. a model of communication that indicates the relationship among a thought, symbol, and referent and highlights the indirect relationship between the symbol and referent
13. new or adapted words that are specific to a group, context and/or time period
16. utterances that communicate intent