Week 6- Question 3

Pick one concept from the assigned readings, other than what has already been discussed this week, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.

The concept I chose is Improving Language Choices. According to Trenholm, We should always remember that talking about something doesn’t necessarily mean it’s real and that meanings are in people, not in words. I have had a lot of experiences where what I have said had been misconstrued and misunderstood plenty of times. Meanings are no means objective and we should all be careful to take context into account both when interpreting others messages and when creating ones own. Although there is no single right way to use language we have to make choices. Choices are based on purposes, audience, and conventions of the discourse we all use.