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| Rule governed system of communication that uses spoken/written/symbols. |
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| Process of interaction through creating or exchanging ideas/meanings. |
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| Human invention that stands for something else. |
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| This is the effect of a natural process. |
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| Letters used to create words, words used to create sentences which create our form of communication. "Alphabet Effect" is where it is believed that the creation of the alphabet aided in the creation of logic and science. |
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| This is the set of rules for regulating how words are used/combined to create new styles of sentences. |
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| Proper interpretation with the different contexts. |
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| This is informing of facts. |
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| This is asking questions. |
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| Using morals to judge something or saying whether something is good or bad. |
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| This is the emotion, using metaphors/similes. |
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| Someone performs an action just by saying something. |
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| Ritual or non-literal use in certain cultures for ceremonies and such. |
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| Comparison made using like or as. |
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| This is a word that may not have precise criteria for usage and may have more than one meaning, but differing through context. |
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| This is the gray area that is hard to see if a word applies. |
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| This is when a word has 2 or more meanings. |
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| Ideas associated with the word. |
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| Dictionary form of connotation. |
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| This is either a new word or a new definition of a word. |
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| This is a way to define words that will convince someone to feel a certain way or lean towards a particular point of view. |
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| This is where the lexical definition is used, but more information is added to narrow the scope so that it covers the required criteria. |
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| Used for scientific or philosophical purposes. |
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| Using a word that has the same meaning. |
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| Actually pointing at the item. |
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| This is performing an action to show the meaning of something. |
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| This definition is for more complex possibly scientific words. This is using a large class and placing the item in it and then discussing what is different about it compared to everything else or what is unique about it. |
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| This says the content of the language determines how we think and percieve things in our environment. |
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| This was the incidence in which during WWII, the U.S. asked Japan to surrender and the minister was using this word to state that the government was considering the surrender. The translator used the definition that the Japanese government was ignoring the surrender and this led to the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. |
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| Also known as the "Bafflegab Theory". This is where a speaker/writer uses irrational speech/writing with fancy words and good grammar to win over an audience/reader. Even though the content is illogical, the group will favor the writing/speech. |
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| This is where you can try and change someone's thinking or feeling of a subject through the context of what you write/speak or portray how you think or feel on the topic. |
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| The movable type printing process was made by him around 1450. |
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| Felt that the Nazca Lines were a landing place for UFO's. He had a feeling that aliens had visited before also, because of the gods that are so prevalent in past cultures. |
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| This is a blind and deaf person who wrote several books after her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her communication in the form of sign language. |
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| He came up with the theory about the "Alphabet Effect" feeling that the creation of the alphabet is actually what helped us develop science and logic. |
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| He argued with Daniken's theory about aliens visiting earth. He said that for extroadinary claims you need extroardinary evidence. He said that Daniken didn't have the required evidence. He felt that aliens were out there, but they hadn't ever visited earth. |
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