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CHAPER 12 - SPEECH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WHO IS FERDINAND SAUSSURE | SWISS LINGUIST WHO LAID FOUNDATION FOR SEMIOTICS |
| 3 ELEMENTS OF SEMIOTICS | SIGNIFIER - WORD/IMAGE. SIGNIFIED - WHAT SIGNIFIERS MEAN. SIGN - COMBINATION OF BOTH |
| WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BTWN CONNOTATIVE AND DENOTATIVE | CON: THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, IDEAS. DEN: THE ACTUAL DEFINITION. |
| WHAT ARE THE ULTIMATE TERMS | GOD TERMS, DEVIL TERMS, CHARISMATIC TERMS |
| WHAT IS THE SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS | LANGUAGE WE USE DETERMINES THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WORL & PEOPLE/THINGS WITHIN IT |
| WHAT IS EUPHEMISM | INOFFENSIVE TERMS SUBSTITUTED FOR OFFENSIVE ONES. |
| WHAT IS LANGUAGE INTENSITY | THE QUALITY OF LANGUAGE |
| WHAT IS DOUBLE SPEAK | AMBIGUOUS OR EVASIVE LANGUAGE |
| WHAT IS PROFANITY | WORDS ASSOC. WITH SWEARING |
| WHAT IS POLITICAL CORRECTNESS | NON-OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE |
| WHAT IS VIVACITY | CONCRETE & IMAGE-PROVOKING LANGUAGE |
| WHAT IS A HESITATION | SIGNALS UNCERTAINTY ("I, UH, LOVE YOU, TOO") |
| WHAT IS A HEDGE | QAULIFY UTTERANCE ("I GUESS I LIKE YOU") |
| WHAT IS AN INTENSIFIER | FORTIFY UTTERANCE ("I REALLY HATE YOU") |
| WHAT IS A POLITE FORM | INDICATES DEFERENCE ("EXCUSE ME, MAY I GET THROUGH") |
| WHAT IS A TAG QUESTION | LESSENS FORCE OF DECLARATIVE STATEMENT ("THIS IS FUN, RIGHT?" |
| WHAT IS A DISCLAIMER | UTTERANCES THAT ANTICIPATE DOUBT ("I KNOW THIS MAY BE STUPID, BUT...") |
| WHAT IS A DEICTIC | PHRASES INDICATING SOMETHING OUTSIDE SPEAKER'S VICINITY ("HE IS OVER THERE") |