COM 207 - Section 2 Exam Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update 2025-2026
Denotative - Answers dictionary definition
Connotative - Answers the implied or associated meaning of a word
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - Answers the idea that different languages create different ways of
thinking
Elaborate Language Quantity - Answers spoken word is very important, giving stories along with
the information given, a lot of details that people don't care about
Exact Language Quantity - Answers exact directions
Understated Language Quantity - Answers very vague instructions
New Media - Answers our generation is much more understated because we text and get to the
point because of...
Slang - Answers serves to establish a sense of community identity; important for youth cultures
Humor - Answers written, online communication is hard because this often relies on tone of
voice, facial expressions, and other nonverbal cues
Code Switching - Answers switching back and forth between one communication style
depending on the cultural context
Third Culture Style - Answers when two people try to adapt to each other, and end up
constructing a style that is not exactly like either of their styles
Improvised Performance - Answers trying to follow and adapt to each communication situation
as it goes along
Assimilation Strategies - Answers aggressive strategies emphasize fitting in; cocultural
members use these to go to great lengths to prove they are like members of the dominant
group (self-ridiculing)
Accommodation Strategies - Answers Nonassertive strategies emphasize blending in with the
dominant group and challenge the dominant structure; try to strike a balance between concerns
of cocultural group and dominant group
Separation Strategies - Answers avoiding interaction with dominant group when possible; used
less frequently than nonassertive strategies
Context Dimension - Answers low/direct context (meaning is in words), high/indirect context
(meaning is in context)
Bilingualism - Answers The ability to speak two languages
, Multilingualism - Answers the ability to communicate in more than two languages
Interlanguage - Answers the language form produced by speakers acquiring a second language
that combines linguistic features from both their native and their new languages (Spanglish)
Language Politics - Answers laws or customs that determine when and where which language
will be spoken
Phonology - Answers the study of speech sounds in language
Semantics - Answers Meaning of words and sentences
Syntactics - Answers what order the words go in (structure)
Pragmatics - Answers where you are where you're talking (context)
Back Translation - Answers The practice where a translated word or phrase is retranslated into
the original language by a different interpreter to catch errors.
Vocabulary Equivalence - Answers word-for-word
Idiomatic Equivalence - Answers idioms/slang
Grammatical Syntactical Equivalence - Answers order of words; gendered words, where the
adjectives go
Experiential Equivalence - Answers meaning of things/acts
Conceptual Equivalence - Answers meaning of ideas
Substitute Nonverbal Behaviors - Answers using a middle finger instead of swearing
Contradict Nonverbal Behavior - Answers being sarcastic with what you're saying
Relational Messages - Answers information sent through nonverbal communication about how
we really feel about the person
Status - Answers relative positive a person occupies in an organizational or social setting
Deception - Answers misleading participants about the true purpose of a study or the events
that will actually transpire
Hierarchy Dimension - Answers high power distance (emphasis on class/status), low power
distance (emphasis on equality)
Repetoire of Behaviors - Answers behaviors used; different behaviors used in different cultures
Display Rules - Answers appropriateness of actions
Denotative - Answers dictionary definition
Connotative - Answers the implied or associated meaning of a word
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - Answers the idea that different languages create different ways of
thinking
Elaborate Language Quantity - Answers spoken word is very important, giving stories along with
the information given, a lot of details that people don't care about
Exact Language Quantity - Answers exact directions
Understated Language Quantity - Answers very vague instructions
New Media - Answers our generation is much more understated because we text and get to the
point because of...
Slang - Answers serves to establish a sense of community identity; important for youth cultures
Humor - Answers written, online communication is hard because this often relies on tone of
voice, facial expressions, and other nonverbal cues
Code Switching - Answers switching back and forth between one communication style
depending on the cultural context
Third Culture Style - Answers when two people try to adapt to each other, and end up
constructing a style that is not exactly like either of their styles
Improvised Performance - Answers trying to follow and adapt to each communication situation
as it goes along
Assimilation Strategies - Answers aggressive strategies emphasize fitting in; cocultural
members use these to go to great lengths to prove they are like members of the dominant
group (self-ridiculing)
Accommodation Strategies - Answers Nonassertive strategies emphasize blending in with the
dominant group and challenge the dominant structure; try to strike a balance between concerns
of cocultural group and dominant group
Separation Strategies - Answers avoiding interaction with dominant group when possible; used
less frequently than nonassertive strategies
Context Dimension - Answers low/direct context (meaning is in words), high/indirect context
(meaning is in context)
Bilingualism - Answers The ability to speak two languages
, Multilingualism - Answers the ability to communicate in more than two languages
Interlanguage - Answers the language form produced by speakers acquiring a second language
that combines linguistic features from both their native and their new languages (Spanglish)
Language Politics - Answers laws or customs that determine when and where which language
will be spoken
Phonology - Answers the study of speech sounds in language
Semantics - Answers Meaning of words and sentences
Syntactics - Answers what order the words go in (structure)
Pragmatics - Answers where you are where you're talking (context)
Back Translation - Answers The practice where a translated word or phrase is retranslated into
the original language by a different interpreter to catch errors.
Vocabulary Equivalence - Answers word-for-word
Idiomatic Equivalence - Answers idioms/slang
Grammatical Syntactical Equivalence - Answers order of words; gendered words, where the
adjectives go
Experiential Equivalence - Answers meaning of things/acts
Conceptual Equivalence - Answers meaning of ideas
Substitute Nonverbal Behaviors - Answers using a middle finger instead of swearing
Contradict Nonverbal Behavior - Answers being sarcastic with what you're saying
Relational Messages - Answers information sent through nonverbal communication about how
we really feel about the person
Status - Answers relative positive a person occupies in an organizational or social setting
Deception - Answers misleading participants about the true purpose of a study or the events
that will actually transpire
Hierarchy Dimension - Answers high power distance (emphasis on class/status), low power
distance (emphasis on equality)
Repetoire of Behaviors - Answers behaviors used; different behaviors used in different cultures
Display Rules - Answers appropriateness of actions
