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Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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communicative dynamism

Language; Linguistics

The extent to which the sentence element contributes to the development of the communication.

ideational function

Language; Linguistics

The speaker’s experience of the real world, including the inner world of his own consciousness.

interpersonal function

Language; Linguistics

The use of language to establish and maintain social relations.

textual function

Language; Linguistics

Our ability to create long utterances or pieces of writing which are both cohesive and coherent.

conceptual meaning

Language; Linguistics

The central part of meaning, which contains logical, cognitive or denotative content.

denotation

Language; Linguistics

In semiotics, denotation is the surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary.

connotation

Language; Linguistics

In semiotics, connotation arises when the denotative relationship between a signifier and its signified is inadequate to serve the needs of the community. A second level of meanings is termed ...

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