_________ is the degree to which members of a given culture accept unequal distributions of

Which of the following is true regarding language?

A. Words in and of themselves are inherently meaningful. B. Most words are interpreted the same way by different people. C. A sender should attempt to use language as precisely as possible to reduce misunderstanding and thus avoid semantic noise. D. Connotative meanings are the direct, explicit meanings of words.

A speaker can combat the problem of the audience's limited attention span by

A) using lots of sound bites. B) employing a minimum of supporting material. C) dividing the speech into small segments. D) oversimplifying the message. E) ending the speech at the first sign of boredom.