4.1 Nature of Language
4.2 Power of Language
4.3 Misunderstandings
4.4 Facts, Inferences, and Opinions
4.5 Microaggressive Language
100

A collection of symbols governed by rules and used to convey important messages between people.

What is language?

100

Pronunciation from a different speech style.

What is an accent?

100

Words that have more than one definition.

What is equivocal words?

100

Claims that can be identified as true or false.

What are factual statements?

100

Someone who stands up for others.

What is an ally?

200

Meaning of specific words

What are semantic rules?

200

Same language that includes different words and meanings.

What is a dialect?

200

Words that gain their meaning by comparison.

What are relative words?

200

Statements based on the speaker's beliefs.

What are opinion statements?

200

Phrases used to stereotype others.

What is microaggressive language? 

300

How words are pronounced.

What are phonological rules?

300

Speech that demonstrates a sense of connection between people. 

What is affiliative language?

300

Informal speech particular to a certain group.

What is slang?

300
Interpreted conclusion based on evidence.

What are inferential statements?

300

Behaviors that go against stereotyping.

What is microresistance?

400

How symbols are arranged.

What are syntactic rules?

400
When people use similar words and ways of speaking.

What is convergence?

400

Specialized speech used by certain professions.

What is jargon?

400

Tendency to reject information outside one's beliefs.

What is confirmation bias?

400

Bias that occurs unintentionally.

What is implicit bias?

500

How people use and understand language within interactions.

What are pragmatic rules?

500

Speaking in a way that emphasizes their differences from others. 

What is divergence?

500

More polite version of a word.

What is euphemism?

500

Statements used to evoke strong emotions. 

What is emotive language?

500

Sweet food made with sugar :)

What is candy?

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