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public.wsu.edu/~taflinge/ com101/com101home.html Go here for syllabus and other class materials Communication Transmission of a message from a source to a receiver Model of Communication SENDER RECEIVER CHANNEL CHANNEL RECEIVER SENDER Channels Chemically By pheremones Visually Visual communication Aurally Sounds are used by many creatures Dolphins Whales Birds Monkeys Apes People Talking A definition of talking The intricate manipulation of oral sound to convey meaning All kinds of animals manipulate sound to convey meaning. Are they talking? A question of vocabulary Birds have about 35 “words” Monkeys about 50 “words” Chimps about 300 “words” Humans (in English alone) about 750,000 words Why this huge difference? Why communicate at all? To make connections with other members of your species The greater the need for connection, the greater the vocabulary What needs? First, self-protection, also known as survival Two ways to do that First, Safety in Numbers Be the biggest badass in the neighborhood Homonids had neither numbers nor natural weapons Human Ancestors Humans cooperate Other homonids don’t cooperate Hunters cooperate Second need -reproduction Third Need – to bind the group together SENDER RECEIVER CHANNEL CHANNEL RECEIVER SENDER Two kinds of definitions Denotative The dictionary definition of the word Usually has a concrete referent Connotative The personal definition of the word What the word means to the individual Often has a strong emotional element Often an abstraction rather than concrete