Let’s Make Communication Great Again

A primer on Communication Theory & how to use communication and language more effectively.

In a world where communication is so assumed while also being the source of many of our problems with other human beings, we might want to take time to understand how to communicate better.

Here is a primer on language & communication — as well as its implications for the entangled web of our existence as fellow human beings sojourning through the earth.

Introduction — Two Questions and a Quote

I want to take you through a journey of something called The Semantic Triangle — utilizing the fields of communication and linguistics (which I have a degree in, so obviously, I am [not] an expert) — because this simple little triangle just might inform a healthy response to one of the most complicated, confusing, and frustrating components of human life:

How communication works.

So let’s start with two questions and a quote:

If you hear the word “orange”, what comes to mind?

It’s an important question for one reason — multiple options can be represented by the same word.