Specialized vocabulary used as a kind of shorthand by people with common backgrounds and experience.
A person who speaks kindly but avoids eye contact and gestur…
A person who speaks kindly but avoids eye contact and gestures may be lacking in:
A linguistic strategy in which speakers emphasize difference…
A linguistic strategy in which speakers emphasize differences between their communication style and that of others to create distance.
Linguistic rules governing how sounds are combined to form w…
Linguistic rules governing how sounds are combined to form words:
Genuineness includes the ability to:
Genuineness includes the ability to:
Language used by a group of people whose members belong to a…
Language used by a group of people whose members belong to a similar coculture or group.
The ability to understand and manage one’s own emotions and…
The ability to understand and manage one’s own emotions and to deal effectively with the emotions of others:
Uses language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and i…
Uses language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as directly as possible.
What is a heightened self-consciousness that makes it feel a…
What is a heightened self-consciousness that makes it feel as if people are always observing and judging you?
The degree of which a person identifies with a particular gr…
The degree of which a person identifies with a particular group, usually the basis of nationality, culture, religion, or some other unifying perspective: