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Linguistics
The scientific study of human language.
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sociolinguistics of society
Language; Linguistics
One of the two things in sociolinguistics,in which we try to understand sociological things of society by examining linguistic phenomena of a speaking community.
variationist linguistics
Language; Linguistics
A branch of linguistics which studies the relationship between speakers’ social starts and phonological variations.
performative
Language; Linguistics
An utterance which is designed to have an effect (as opposed to constative utterances, which may be true or false). An example is "I pronounce you man and wife". The concept of performative ...
constative
Language; Linguistics
An utterance by which a speaker expresses a proposition which may be true or false.
locutionary act
Language; Linguistics
The act of saying something; an act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonology. Namely, the utterance of a sentence with determinate sense and reference.
illocutionary act
Language; Linguistics
The act performed in saying something;its force is identical with the speaker’s intention.
perlocutionary act
Language; Linguistics
The act performed by or resulting from saying something. The consequence of, or the change brought about by the utterance.
