Misc Terms Flashcards

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Deictic

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Used in a way that allows the interpretation to be determined by features of the act of utterance like when and where it takes place, and who the speaker and address are

Ex: I (refers to speaker), now ( refers to a time that includes the time of utterance)

Situationally evoked?

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Sapir-whorf hypothesis. (whorfianism)

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How we talk about something may effect how we think about it

  1. Strong version= language determines thought
  2. Weak version= language influences thought
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Locative/directional proposing

I.e., locative PP inversion

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Birner’s example of locative and no locative?

Beneath the chin lap of the helmet sprouted black whiskers

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Horn’s Q and R

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Q: say as much as you can, given R.
R: say no more than you must, given Q.

Q= Grice's Q1
R= Grice's Q2, R, and M
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