Definitions
Disruptive Language
Evasive Language
Rules
Language of Misunderstandings
100
A collection of symbols governed by rules and used to convey messages between individuals
What is language?
100
Words that really announces the speaker's attitude toward something
What is emotive language?
100
A pleasant term substituted for a more direct but potentially less pleasant one
What is euphemism?
100
These rules govern how words sound when pronounced
What are phonological rules?
100
Words that have more than one correct dictionary definition
What are equivocal words?
200
Arbitrary constructions that represent a communicator's thoughts
What are symbols?
200
Claims that can be verified as true or false
What is fact?
200
A deliberately vague statement that can be interpreted in more than one way
What is equivocation?
200
These rules deal with the meaning of specific words
What are semantic rules?
200
They gain their meaning by comparison
What are relative words?
300
This model shows that there is only an indirect relationships between a word and the thing it claims to represent
What is triangle of meaning?
300
Seattle Seahawks won the championship last year; Seattle Seahawks is the best football team in the world!
What is confusing facts and opinions?
300
A euphemism for "died"
What is passed away?
300
These rules govern the structure of language
What are syntactic rules?
300
Examples would be: "bling" and "whip"
What are slang?
400
Wanting equality for men and women
What is feminism?
400
Humpty Dumpty is an oval creature who fell; Humpty Dumpty is an egg.
What is confusing facts and inferences?
400
Approaching something in an indirect way
What is beating around the bush?
400
These rules govern how people use language in everyday interaction
What are pragmatic rules?
400
Specialized vocabulary that functions as a kind of shorthand for people with common backgrounds and experience
What is jargon?
500
The notion that the worldview of a culture is shaped and reflected by the language its members speak
What is linguistic relativism?
500
Conclusions arrived at from an interpretation of evidence
What are inferential statements?
500
Some people may say "Statistical misrepresentation" as a euphemism to this
What is a euphemism for liar?
500
An example would be: I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes
What are inconsistent phonological rules?
500
Speech that refers to events or objects only vaguely
What is abstract language?
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