Type of meaning
Meaning based on personal feelings or associations.
What is denotation?
Language used to state facts that can be true or false
What is informative language?
A definition that includes too much information is considered this.
What is too broad?
What is critical thinking?
The skill of using the best thinking possible in a situation.
Facts or information used to support a belief.
What is evidence?
Define connotation?
Meaning that depends on how words relate in a sentence.
What is expressive language?
Language used to express feelings or emotions.
Defining a word using the word itself creates this problem.
What is too narrow?
What is the Anything Goes stage?
Stage where people believe all opinions are equally valid.
Evidence should match other reliable information this describes it.
What is credible or consistent evidence?
What is syntactic meaning?
Meaning influenced by the speaker and situation.
Language used to influence actions or give commands.
What is directive language?
Defining a word using the word itself creates this problem.
What is a circular definition?
What is the Garden of Eden stage?
Stage where people see the world as right or wrong only.
Reliable research sources include scholarly journals, libraries, and this type of website ending.
What is .gov
The combined result of denotation, connotation, syntactic, and pragmatic meaning.
What is pragmatic meaning?
Language used in formal rituals like weddings or prayers.
What is ceremonial language?
Definitions should avoid emotional wording; this type of wording is discouraged.
What is emotive language?
Final stage where beliefs are judged based on evidence.
What is Thinking Critically stage?
Accepting ideas just because the group agrees is called this.
What is conformity?
What is the total meaning of a word?
The dictionary or literal meaning of a word.
What are informative, expressive, directive, and ceremonial language?
four types together show the flexibility of human language.
Clear definitions help prevent this in communication.
What are misunderstandings?
Thinking about your thinking is called this.
What is metacognition?
What is groupthink?
Faulty decision-making to preserve group harmony.