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  2. Source–message–channel–receiver model of communication

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    Each of the four main components has several key attributes. Source and receiver share the same four attributes: communication skills, attitudes, knowledge, and social-cultural system. Communication skills determine how good the communicators are at encoding and decoding messages. Attitudes affect whether they like or dislike the topic and each ...

  3. Models of communication - Wikipedia

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    Berlo's main interest in discussing the components and their aspects is to analyze their impact on successful communication. [152] [151] Source and receiver are usually persons but can also be groups or institutions. [153] On this level, Berlo identifies four features: communication skills, attitudes, knowledge, and social-cultural system.

  4. Style (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    This "basic" style has the least variation, and provides the most general account of the style of a given group. "Any systematic observation of a speaker defines a formal context where more than the minimum attention is paid to speech." In other words, even formal face-to-face interviews severely limit a speaker's use of their vernacular style.

  5. Topic and comment - Wikipedia

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    זה ze this מאד meʾod very מענין meʿanyen interesting הספר ha-sefer book הזה ha-ze this זה מאד מענין הספר הזה ze meʾod meʿanyen ha-sefer ha-ze this very interesting book this "This book is very interesting." In American Sign Language, a topic can be declared at the beginning of a sentence (indicated by raised eyebrows and head tilt) describing the referent ...

  6. Communication - Wikipedia

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    The main field of inquiry investigating communication is called communication studies. A common way to classify communication is by whether information is exchanged between humans, members of other species, or non-living entities such as computers. For human communication, a central contrast is between verbal and non-verbal communication.

  7. Lasswell's model of communication - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, the communication scholars Denis McQuail and Sven Windahl referred to Lasswell's model as "perhaps the most famous single phrase in communication research." [ 18 ] McQuail and Windahl also considered the model as a formula that would be transformed into a model once boxes were drawn around each element and arrows connected the elements.

  8. Hockett's design features - Wikipedia

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    Hockett's Design Features are a set of features that characterize human language and set it apart from animal communication. They were defined by linguist Charles F. Hockett in the 1960s. He called these characteristics the design features of language.

  9. Colloquialism - Wikipedia

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    Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, colloquial speech, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication. It is the most common form of speech in conversation among persons in friendship , familial , intimate , and other informal contexts . [ 1 ]