Levels of Communication

1. LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION
JANARDHAN. J

2. COMMUNICATION AS A PROCESS…
 Communication is a process
 It is hard to tell when it starts and stops
 It is always in motion, moving forward and changing
continually
 It takes place within systems
 The parts of a system are interdependent and continually
interact

3. COMMUNICATION AS A PROCESS…
 A change in any part of a system changes the entire
system
 Personal relationships grow beyond the two original
partners
 It include trust or lack of trust, shared experiences, and
private vocabularies.

4. COMMUNICATION AS A SYMBOLS…
 Communication is Symbolic
 We don’t have direct access to one another’s thoughts
 So that, we depends on Symbols
 Symbols may be in abstract, arbitrary, and ambiguous
representations of other things
 People might symbolize the respect by wishing the elders
 Human comm. involves interaction through symbols

5. COMMUNICATION AS A MEANING…
 Our definition focuses on meanings
 The field of comm. has moved toward a meaning centered
view of human communication- Bruce Gronbeck (1999)
 We actively construct meaning by interacting with
symbols.
 Communication has two levels of meaning.
Content level of meaning (CLM)
Relationship level of meaning (RLM)

6. COMMUNICATION AS A MEANING…
 CLM contains the literal message
 If a person knocks on your door
 Ask “ May I come in?”
 The CLM is that the person is asking your permission to
enter your space.

7. COMMUNICATION AS A MEANING…
 The RLM expresses the relationship b/w communicators
 Based on the communicator, we can conclude the type of
interaction.
 The Meaning is the same in both CLM & RLM
expressions
 Sometimes, Meaning will be different based on the
relationship
 The RLM is more important than the CLM.

8. LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION
 The study of linguistics incorporates a number of aspects
They are
. Phonetics,
. Phonology,
. Morphology,
. Syntax,
. Semantics and
. Pragmatics

9. PHONETICS…
 Phonetics is the science
 It concerned with the study of speech sounds/processes
 The study includes the production, perception and the analysis
of sounds.
 Sounds indicate regional differences or subtle nuances of
speech
 It is closely connected to phonology
 Phonology is the study of the sound system of a language or
languages.

10. MORPHOLOGY…
 Morphology concerns the form and structure of words
within a language and their modification
 Nothing but a blend of two words to create a new word.
 e.g. Jeggings are snug-fitting leggings that look like
jeans
 We can also compound two root words to make a new
word e.g. Boathouse, Greenpeace& Newsletter
 We can also add prefixes and suffixes to root words

11. SYNTAX …
 Syntax is the branch of linguistics
 That covers the grammatical arrangements of words
 Police register all the cases which are having prime
witnesses
 All the cases which are having prime witnesses are
register by the police

12. SEMIOTICS…
 Semantics deals the study of meaning
 It studies the relationship between signs and symbols and
what they represent
 It is also used in logic as the principles
 The principles are determine truth-values of formulas
within a logical system
 It can be used to examine changes in meaning over time.

13. SEMIOTICS…
 Semantics is the distinction between literal meaning and
figurative meaning.

14. PRAGMATICS …
 The study of the practical aspects of human action and
thought
 It also study the use of linguistic signs, words and
sentences, in actual situations
 It looks beyond the literal meaning of an utterance
 It considers how meaning is constructed as well as
focusing on indirect meanings
 It considers language as an instrument of interaction

15. PRAGMATICS …
 It is a key feature to the understanding of language and the
responses
‘What time do you come to class?’
 Literal Meaning: What time is it?
Literal Response: A time; e.g. ‘twenty to nine.’
 Pragmatic Meaning: a different question entirely, e.g. Why
are you so late?
Pragmatic Response: Explain the reason for being so late.

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