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| the development of thinking and organizing systems of your brain |
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| the language you use to some extent determines or at least influences the way in which you view and think about the world around you |
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| a word that stands for a concrete and emotionally neutral thing; dictionary definition |
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| the feelings or assosciations each individial has about a word |
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| the ladder of abstraction |
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| a diagram of how we abstract through language, classifications, types, categories, and so on. |
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| takes place in an enviroment where a conventionalized response is expected from you |
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| an inoffensive word or phrase that substituted for other words that may be percieved as unpleasent |
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| refers to words deliberatly constructed for political purposes |
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| the result of the way you select and arrange words and sentences |
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| designed to lead to intimacy with others, to match experiences, and to establish relationships (women) |
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| type of speech where the speakers goal is to maintain status, to demonstrate knowledge and skills, and to keep the center stage position (men) |
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| talk that comes directly to the point- talk that does not use hesitation or qualifications |
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| the habitual language of a community |
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| vocal cues, or the way you see words |
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| that aspect of characteristic of style by means of which a thought is so presented that it is immediatley understood, depending on the precision and simplicity of the language |
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| the aspect of characteristic of style by which a thought is so presented that it evokes likelike imagery or suggestion |
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| the meaning apart from from what actual words express |
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| the sending of rude or hostile messages |
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| the way in which messages are divided, arranged, shaped, composed, constructed, and put together as a new whole |
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