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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 ...
