Language Rules
Rules that govern how words are pronounced.
What are phonological rules?
A collection of symbols, governed by rules & used to convey messages.
What is language?
Words that are open to more than one interpretation.
What are equivocal words?
A mild or indirect term or expression used in place of a more direct but less pleasant one.
What is a euphemism?
Rules that govern how words are arranged.
What are syntactic rules?
A version of the same language that includes substantially different words & meanings.
What is dialect?
Words that gain their meaning by comparison.
What are relative words?
The notion that the language we speak influences the way we experience the world.
What is linguistic relativism?
Rules that govern the meaning of language.
What are semantic rules?
Formally recognized definitions for words.
What are denotative meanings?
Language that is used by a group of people whose members belong to a similar coculture or other group.
What is slang?
A range of more to less abstract terms describing an event or object.
What is an abstraction ladder?
Rules that govern how people use words.
What are pragmatic rules?
Informal, implied interpretations for the associations, thoughts, & feelings that a statement generates.
What is connotative meaning?
Specialized vocab that functions as a kind of shorthand for people with common backgrounds & experience.
What is jargon?