Study sets matching "language chapter 1"
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Aristotle
the main purpose of rhetoric is to
Rhetoric is situational and has
The context of a speech sometimes arise…
a Greek philosopher who defined rhetoric as the faculty for ob…
persuade
context and purpose
cultural bias
Aristotle
a Greek philosopher who defined rhetoric as the faculty for ob…
the main purpose of rhetoric is to
persuade
Hypothesis Testing
Semantics
Phoneme
Morpheme
The testing of ideas about the language to see whether they ar…
A system of meanings of language in a context.
The smallest unit of sound in a language.
The smallest meaningful unit in a language. (i.e. books= book+…
Hypothesis Testing
The testing of ideas about the language to see whether they ar…
Semantics
A system of meanings of language in a context.
audience
concession
connotation
context
One's listener or readership; those to whom text is addressed
An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowl…
An implied meaning of a word
Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning
audience
One's listener or readership; those to whom text is addressed
concession
An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowl…
Speech
Phonemes
Language
Dialect
verbal means of communicating
specific sounds that make up language; about 44 in English
socially shared code or conventional system for representing c…
subcategories of the parent language
Speech
verbal means of communicating
Phonemes
specific sounds that make up language; about 44 in English
Anglophone World
Text
Context
Lingua Franca
The places in the world where English is spoken.
Any written work or transcribed piece of speech. They're used…
The circumstances that surround the writing and the reading of…
The language spoken by people who don't share a native languag…
Anglophone World
The places in the world where English is spoken.
Text
Any written work or transcribed piece of speech. They're used…
superior (cranial)
inferior (caudal)
ventral (anterior)
dorsal (posterior)
toward the head end or upper part of the body
away from the head end or toward the lower part of body
toward or at the front of body; in front of
toward or at the back of the body; behind
superior (cranial)
toward the head end or upper part of the body
inferior (caudal)
away from the head end or toward the lower part of body
Aristotle
persuade
context and purpose
cultural bias
a Greek philosopher who defined rhetoric as the faculty for ob…
the main purpose of rhetoric is to
Rhetoric is situational and has
The context of a speech sometimes arises from current events or
Aristotle
a Greek philosopher who defined rhetoric as the faculty for ob…
persuade
the main purpose of rhetoric is to
Audience
Concession
Connotation
Context
The listeners, viewers, or readers of a text.
An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or rea…
Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond…
The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surroundi…
Audience
The listeners, viewers, or readers of a text.
Concession
An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or rea…
Aristotle
the main purpose of rhetoric is to
Rhetoric is situational and has
The context of a speech sometimes arise…
a Greek philosopher who defined rhetoric as the faculty for ob…
persuade
context and purpose
cultural bias
Aristotle
a Greek philosopher who defined rhetoric as the faculty for ob…
the main purpose of rhetoric is to
persuade
Audience
Concession
Connotation
Context
The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. Most texts are like…
An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or rea…
Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond…
The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surroundi…
Audience
The listener, viewer, or reader of a text. Most texts are like…
Concession
An acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or rea…
Sentence
Sentence Fragment
Subject
Simple Subject
Is a word or word group that contains a subject and a verb and…
Is a group of words that looks like a sentence but does not co…
Tells whom or what the sentence is about. This may come at the…
Is the main word or word group that tells whom or what the sen…
Sentence
Is a word or word group that contains a subject and a verb and…
Sentence Fragment
Is a group of words that looks like a sentence but does not co…
rhetoric
audience
context
purpose
study of effective, persuasive language use. According to Aris…
one's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece…
words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning
one's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing
rhetoric
study of effective, persuasive language use. According to Aris…
audience
one's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece…
The distance across a circle through th…
Where figure can be folded so that the…
A tool used by Musicians to mark time
Type dealing with the measurement of li…
Diameter
Symmetry
Metronome
Geometry
The distance across a circle through th…
Diameter
Where figure can be folded so that the…
Symmetry
Communication
Code
Language
Utterance
Behavior that affects the behavior of others by the transmissi…
A complex pattern of associations of the units of a communicat…
a uniquely human cognitive system used to produce and understa…
A stretch of speech between two periods of silence or a potent…
Communication
Behavior that affects the behavior of others by the transmissi…
Code
A complex pattern of associations of the units of a communicat…
key elements in any communication system
pragmatics
lexicon
mental grammar
information source... transmitter... signal ... receiver... destination
your ability to use context in order to interpret an utterance…
the collection of all the words that you know: ... what functions…
rules you know about your language
key elements in any communication system
information source... transmitter... signal ... receiver... destination
pragmatics
your ability to use context in order to interpret an utterance…
Audience
Concession
Connotation
Context
The listener, viewer, or reader of the text. Usually more than…
An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or re…
Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond…
The circumstances, atmosphere, and attitudes and events surrou…
Audience
The listener, viewer, or reader of the text. Usually more than…
Concession
An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or re…
anatomical position
directional terms
abdominal
acromial
standard position. the body is erect with the feet parallel an…
terms used to explain where one body structure is in relation…
anterior body trunk inferior to ribs.
point of shoulder
anatomical position
standard position. the body is erect with the feet parallel an…
directional terms
terms used to explain where one body structure is in relation…
SENTENCE BASE
SUBJECT
SIMPLE SUBJECT
COMPLETE SUBJECT
A WORD GROUP THAT CONTAINS A SUBJECT AND A VERB AND THAT EXPRE…
TELLS WHOM OR WHAT THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT.... Science class is…
IS THE MAIN WORD OR WORD GROUP THAT TELLS WHOM OR WHAT THE SEN…
CONSIST OF ALL THE WORDS NEEDED TO TELL WHOM OR WHAT THE SENTE…
SENTENCE BASE
A WORD GROUP THAT CONTAINS A SUBJECT AND A VERB AND THAT EXPRE…
SUBJECT
TELLS WHOM OR WHAT THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT.... Science class is…
Rhetoric
Context
Author's Purpose
Subject
the faculty of observing in any given case the available means…
the occasion or the time and place it was written or spoken
goal the writer or speaker wants to achieve
a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt…
Rhetoric
the faculty of observing in any given case the available means…
Context
the occasion or the time and place it was written or spoken
phonology
nonlinguistic communication
language
morphology
Rules governing the structure, distribution, and sequencing of…
Convey information without use of language: gesture, body post…
Generative, rule-governed system that uses arbitrary symbols t…
Rules governing the change in meaning at the intraword (within…
phonology
Rules governing the structure, distribution, and sequencing of…
nonlinguistic communication
Convey information without use of language: gesture, body post…
Language
Shared code or conventional system
Group agrees on changes to the system
Shared code is frequently modified
Shared code or conventional system for representing concepts t…
Group of language users agree on the system
...
growing and changing
Language
Shared code or conventional system for representing concepts t…
Shared code or conventional system
Group of language users agree on the system
linguistic competence
linguistic performance
performance error
speech communication chain
what we know when we know a language; the unconscious knowledg…
the observable use of language; the actualization of one's lin…
errors in language production or comprehension, including hesi…
the process through which information is communicated, consist…
linguistic competence
what we know when we know a language; the unconscious knowledg…
linguistic performance
the observable use of language; the actualization of one's lin…