Communication

Video: Effective communication

voice modulation= puheen ääntäminen

body language= kehonkieli

non verbal cues= sanattomat vihjeet

interpretation= tulkinta

misinterpretation= väärin tulkitseminen

Communication

abbreviation	a short form of a word	What's the abbreviation for ‘Saint’?	lyhenne
acute accent	the mark placed over a vowel to show how it should be pronounced, as over the e in fiancé	over the e in fiancé	akuutti aksentti
affirmative	an affirmative word or reply means ‘yes’ or expresses agreement	an affirmative response to the question	myöntävä
affix	a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning.	The prefix un- in unhappy and the suffix -less in careless are both affixes.	jälki- ja etuliite
auxiliary	a verb such as be, do and have used with main verbs to show tense, etc. and to form questions and negatives	In the question ‘Do you know where he has gone?’, ‘do’ and ‘has’ are auxiliaries.	apuverbi
attributive	(of adjectives or nouns) used before a noun to describe it	In ‘the blue sky’ and ‘a family business’, ‘blue’ and ‘family’ are attributive.	attribuutiotulkinnat - "kuvaileva" sana ennen toista sanaa - vastaa kysymykseen minkälainen
compound	a thing consisting of two or more separate things combined together	The air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes.	yhdiste
derivative	a word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word or thing	‘Happiness’ is a derivative of ‘happy’. Crack is a highly potent and addictive derivative of cocaine	johdos/jäljittelevä/jäljitelty
etymology	the study of the origin and history of words and their meanings/the origin and history of a particular word	What is the etymology of the word "tree"?	sanan alkuperä/etymologia
gerund	a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb (that is, ending in -ing)	for example "travelling" in the sentence "I preferred travelling alone"	gerundi esim. matkustaa/matkustamisesta

inflection	a change in the form of a word, especially the ending, according to its grammatical function in a sentence/a change in how high or low your voice is as you are speaking	ec. in different accents	taivutus/äänen vaihtelu/modulaatio
interjection	a short sound, word or phrase spoken suddenly to express an emotion.	Oh!, Look out! and Ow! are interjections.	"huudahdus"
interrogative	asking a question; in the form of a question	an interrogative gesture/remark/sentence	kysyvä sana
neuter	(in some languages) belonging to a class of nouns, pronouns, adjectives or verbs whose gender is not feminine or masculine	The Polish word for ‘window’ is neuter.	sukupuoleton
ordinal	a number that refers to the position of something in a series	for example ‘first’, ‘second’	järjestysluku
portmanteau word	a word that is invented by combining the beginning of one word and the end of another and keeping the meaning of each	for example motel is a portmanteau word that is a combination of motor and hotel.	sanayhdiste

reflexive	a reflexive word or form of a word shows that the action of the verb affects the person who performs the action	In ‘He cut himself’, ‘cut’ is a reflexive verb and ‘himself’ is a reflexive pronoun.	refleksiivinen
semantics	the study of the meanings of words and phrases		semantiikka/ merkitysoppi
singular	a form of a noun or verb that refers to one person or thing	The singular of ‘bacteria’ is ‘bacterium’. The verb should be in the singular.	yksikkö

subjunctive	(of verbs) in the form (or mood) that expresses wishes, possibility or uncertainty	the subjunctive mood	konjunktiivi
idiomatic	containing expressions that are natural to a native speaker of a language	She speaks fluent and idiomatic English.
suffix	a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to make another word	such as -ly in quickly or -ness in sadness	jälkiliite
tag question	a phrase such as isn’t it? or don’t you? that you add to the end of a statement in order to turn it into a question or check that the statement is correct	as in You like mushrooms, don’t you?	tunnistekysymys
tense	any of the forms of a verb that may be used to show the time of the action or state expressed by the verb	the past/present/future tense	aikamuoto
bulletin board	a board for putting notices on	Please keep an eye on the bulletin board for further details	ilmoitustaulu
CMC	computer-mediated communication ’ (= communication by email, instant messaging, social media sites, etc.)		tietokonevälitteinen viestintä
flash mob	a large group of people who arrange (by mobile phone or email) to gather together in a public place at exactly the same time, spend a short time doing something there and then quickly all leave at the same time		flash-väkijoukko
apostrophe	the mark ( ’ ) used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out the mark ( ’ ) used before or after the letter ‘s’ to show that something belongs to somebody	as in she’s for she is and ’63 for 1963 as in Sam’s watch and the horses’ tails	heittomerkki
bracket	either of a pair of marks, ( ), placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics	Publication dates are given in brackets after each title. Add the numbers in brackets first.	sulkumerkki

colon	the mark ( : ) used to introduce a list, a summary, an explanation, etc. or before reporting what somebody has said		kaksoispiste
comma	the mark ( , ) used to separate the items in a list or to show where there is a slight break in a sentence	The relative clause is separated by commas. You need to put a comma before ‘which’.	pilkku
hyphen	the mark (- ) used to join two words together to make a new one, as in back-up, to show that a word has been divided between the end of one line and the beginning of the next, or to show that something is missing	as in short- and long-term Is there a hyphen in post-mortem?	tavumerkki

Communication