communicative analysis
noun phraseUK /kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv əˈnæləsɪs/
US /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪv əˈnæləsɪs/
A careful look at how people share ideas and information with each other.
The teacher did a communicative analysis of the group chat to see how students helped each other.
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2. A method of checking how well a message is understood by the people who receive it.
The team used communicative analysis to make the instructions clearer for new players.
3. The study of the ways people use words and gestures to exchange meaning.
Her project on communicative analysis showed how emojis change the tone of a text.
4. A review of a conversation or text to find out what the speakers really mean.
Through communicative analysis, they discovered the joke was actually a polite request.