Exam 2: Language and Communication

In "The Military Name Game,"Boxer shows how a modern computer program entitled "Code Word, Nickname, and Exercise Term System," or NICKA for short, has solved mosothe problems encountered by the Pentagon as igenerates code names for military operations.

In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen tells the story ohow Amy, a manager, tried to tell her employee, Donald, how to change an unsatisfactory report.Her approach led to misunderstanding because

According to Boxer in "The Military Name Game",,the U.S.JoinChiefs oStafcreated a __________ nicknamed __________ to generate names for military operations.

One othe concepts thathe Tiv found inecessary to reinterprewhen they were told the story oHamlewas the English category for

According to Boxer's article "The Military Name Game," names for military operations have little effecon the way the public perceives such actions.

According to Boxer in "The Military Name Game," code names for military operations originated with the Germans in World War II and were intended to be secret.

Language refers to the behavior thaproduces vocal sounds.

In her article "The Military Name Game," Boxer argues thaathe time she wrote the article, naming military operations involved using

Bohannan finds thawith minor alterations in terminology, the English and the Tiv can understand Shakespeare's Hamlein the same way.

The minimal categories ospeech sounds thaserve to keep utterances aparare called phonemes

A metaphor is an alternative word for something.

According to Tannen in "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," women's conversation often works athe appearance oequality.Men's conversation, on the other hand, is often directed at

The categories and rules for combining vocal symbols are called

Minimal categories ospeech sounds thaserve to keep utterances aparare called

According to Tannen in "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," which is noan advantage cited by men for refraining from asking questions?

According to Tannen in "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," men often avoid asking directions because

In Tannen's article "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," claims thawomen's speaking styles, based on a need to create the appearance oequality, are a better form ocommunication in the work place than men's more direcspeaking styles.

In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen notes thaoall the examples oconversational-style differences between men and women thalead to troublesome outcomes, __________ has attracted the mosattention oher readers.

In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen argues thain the workplace, men often refrain from asking for directions because iputs them in a one-down position.

According to Boxer in "The Military Name Game," the military uses a two-word sequence to describe military operations.