warspeak

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tok notes

ththree components of languagee .

• rule governed: follows a set fo codes and laws
• intended- all language is communication, but not all communication is language.
• creative and open ended

definition theory: broad understanding of a word. if one word is said, it can be attributed to several other characteristics example) France: country, europe, french,

denotation theory: the literal meaning of a word. what a word was created to express example) bird is a flying animal

image theory: the mental image that comes to mind when a word is produced. each image is different to each person that pictures the image. ex.) when i hear the word "mountain" i think of a tall peak with snow on it.

vagueness: not precise. example) "the man is old". this does not give a specific age, but leaves it up to interpretation.

ambiguity: words and phrase that have more that one meaning. "block" to either block a ball or a toy block.

secondary meaning: a deeper meaning to a word. example) france is weak.

metophors: a parallel example to another thing. he was a cheetah.

irony: the opposite outcome of what is expected. example) the famous marathon runner came in last.

untranslatable words: words that cannot be translated across languages. these words 

idioms: a phrase that cannot be defined by deriving the seperate words. example) its raining cats.

labels: words that are associated to a specific thing only. example) fat people.

stereotypes: a general image applied to certain people. example) black people like fried chicken

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis: people are influenced by their language. example) there are no gender defining words in finnish, and their government has more women that the US government.

emotive meaning: a word that is not emotional. example) brick

weasel words: an empty phrase. dose not have any meaning to it. example) my sources say...

grammer: structure of a writen language. example) subject, verb, direct object

reavealing and concealing: words that either coverup theri actual meaning, or words that are to the point of the topic. ex) warspeak: kill= take out