In communication, the three major areas of analysis are which of the following?

1.Particularism

2.Semiotics

3.Syntactics

4.Pragmatics

5.Virtual reality

A1, 2 & 3 only

B2, 3 & 4 only ✓ Correct

C3, 4 & 5 only

D1, 4 & 5 only

Correct answer: (B) 2, 3 & 4 only

Explanation

The three major areas of analysis in communication are semiotics, syntactics and pragmatics.

Statement 2, semiotics, fits as the study of signs and how they signify.

Statement 3, syntactics, fits as the study of the structure and arrangement of signs.

Statement 4, pragmatics, fits as the study of the practical use and effect of signs in context.

Particularism is not a branch of sign analysis in communication.

Virtual reality is a technology, not a field of communication analysis.

Semantics, the study of meaning, completes the classic semiotic triad.

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