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Chapter 5:<\/span> Language and Interpersonal Communication<\/h2>\n\n\n

Language encompasses the digital and usually verbal symbol systems people use to communicate. This chapter highlights four features of language as abstract, arbitrary, related to culture, and consequential. While these qualities make language flexible, they also mean that people need to know and follow rules to create and interpret messages. This chapter reviews the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic rules of language use, as well as assumptions that guide using language in conversation. The chapter discusses how the use of language is shaped by the gender of communicators, qualities of relationships, and implicit biases that people i bring in interpersonal communication episodes. Finally, this chapter offers suggestions for harnessing the power of language, working to reduce miscommunication, fine-tuning language use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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HDYR Scale 5.1: Attitudes Toward Sexist\/Nonsexist Language<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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