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1、VerbalCommunication:TheUseofLanguageIfthoughtcorruptslanguage,languagecanalsocorruptthought.GeorgeOrwellLanguageisthelightofthemind.JohnStuartMillWhenIuseaword,itmeansjustwhatIchooseittomean-neithermorenorless.LewisCarroll(CharlesLutwidgeDodgson)(1832
2、-1898)Whydoweuselanguage?Howdoeslanguagefunctioninourlives?Experiencetellsusthatthewordsweuseandthewayweusethemhaveprofoundeffectsonourrelationshipsandcommunicationwithotherpeople.Inthissession,welearnthatourlanguageenablesustoclassifyourthinkingandto
3、constructmeaningsforourworldofpeople,ideas,objectsandhappenings.Someexamplesofhowpeoplespeaktoeachothernowadaysdemonstratehowlanguageiseverchanginganddevelopinginoursociety.LearningObjectives·Afteryouhavestudiestheideas,argumentsandsuggestionspresente
4、dinthissessionyoushouldbeabletodothefollowing:·Explainthedifferencebetweendenotationandconnotation.·Listthreefunctionoflanguageandprovideanexampleforeach.·Giveexamplesthatshowhowlanguageisdynamicandhowithaschangedovertheyearsyouhavebeenusingit.·Showho
5、wpoorlyconstructedwrittenmessagescanleadtomiscommunicationandinappropriatereactions.·Explaintherelationshipbetweenlanguageandtheprocessofthinking.·Indicatehowweconform,throughlanguage,tosociallyacceptablenormsandetiquette.TheNatureandFunctionsofLangua
6、geAllourimage-makingisboundupwithouruseoflanguage.Whenweconstructimagesofothersweactivateasystemofwordstoformimpressionsofpeople.Evenwhenwemeetpeopleforthefirsttime,wetendtosizethemupasfriendlyorunfriendly,interestingordull,warmordistant,intelligentor
7、unintelligent,andsoon.Ineffect,weusewordstoclassifyourexperienceofpeople,events,andplaces.Thewordsweusetomakeourjudgementsandclassificationsofpeopleareoftenexpressedaslogicalopposites-assincereorinsincere,honestordishonest,fairorunfair,andsoon.Ourjudg
8、ementsareprobablybasedonmorethaneither-ortypeofclassificationbecausewemodifytheadjectivesordescriptionsweuse.Forexample,insteadofthinkingofsomeoneasbeingeitherapproachableorunapproachable,wetendtothinkofthemasquiteapproachable,orfairlyapproach
