Language

Question 1

What is Informative function?

Answer 1

IF consists in affirming or denying propositions, formulating and evaluating arguments.

Question 2

What is Expressive function?

Answer 2

EF consists in expressing oneself via language.

Question 3

What is Directive function?

Answer 3

DF consists in guiding and giving commands.

Question 4

What is Emotive function?

Answer 4

EF consists in expressing attitudes, emotions and value judgements.

Question 5

What is performative function?

Answer 5

PF consists in using words to perform the functions they announce.

Question 6

What function is for a Declarative mood?

Answer 6

Asserting and informing

Question 7

What function is for an Interrogative mood?

Answer 7

questioning

Question 8

What function is for an Imperative mood?

Answer 8

Commanding and performative.

Question 9

What function is for an Expressive mood?

Answer 9

emotive and expressive.

Question 10

Statement is…

Answer 10

a declarative sentence that has a truth value.

Question 11

Proposition is…

Answer 11

the meaning or informational content of a statement that has the property of having a truth value.

Question 12

When is a statement priori?

Answer 12

A statement is priori if its truth value can be known independently of sense experience.

Question 13

When is a statement posteriori?

Answer 13

A statement is posteriori if its truth value depends on sense experience.

Question 14

Non-statement is…

Answer 14

a sentence that lacks a truth value.

Question 15

Presupposition is…

Answer 15

a linguistically marked bit of information the truth of witch is taken for granted by the author.

Question 16

Unjustified presupposition is…

Answer 16

A presupposition is unjustified if its acceptance tacitly shifts the burden of proof to the respondent.

Question 17

The Extension of a term t is…

Answer 17

the object or collection of objects that t refers to when correctly applied.

Question 18

The Intension of a term t is…

Answer 18

the set of properties shared by all the objects in the extension of t.

Question 19

Extensional meaning

Answer 19

The extensional meaning of a term t is its extension.

Question 20

Changing extensions

Answer 20

The extension of a term can change over time.

Question 21

Empty extensions

Answer 21

Terms can have an empty extension due to the passage of time or because things with certain kinds of properties do not exist.

Question 22

Intension determines extension

Answer 22

The intension of a term t determines its extension because any object that has all the properties in the intension of t must belong to its extension.

Question 23

Emotive meaning

Answer 23

Emotive meaning of a term t is its historically accrued conventional power to express or invoke emotions and alter the audience’s attitude toward the extension of t by presenting it in a laudatory or derogatory way.

Question 24

Ambiguity

Answer 24

an expression is ambiguous if it has more than one meaning in a given context of use.

Question 25

Disambiguation

Answer 25

the process of rewriting an ambiguous expression so that one of its possible meanings becomes clear.

Question 26

Category mistake

Answer 26

A category mistake occurs whenever property P is attributed to individual a and it is logically impossible for a to have P.

Question 27

Reification

Answer 27

Occurs when an abstract idea or property is treated as a concrete object.

Question 28

Vagueness

Answer 28

A concept or expression is Vague if it has borderline cases.