Use the three elements in the triangle of meaning to describe a breakdown in communication. The

example may be real or hypothetical.

What will be an ideal response?

Answers vary. One example could be when you send someone an email expressing how you
feel about them, and you place certain words in CAPITAL or BOLD letters. The recipient may
misinterpret those symbols/words as anger, when that was not your intention at all. In this example, you
have the interpreter, symbols, and the referent all playing a part to create a breakdown in communication.

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A) Personalized B) Privatized C) Specialized D) Sterilized

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Territorial markers are sometimes used to show where our own space ends and another's begins

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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