Table 2 Hinderances Due To Use Of Language

Question 1

Ambiguity

Answer 1

A word or expression that can be understood in more than one way.

Question 2

Assuring expressions

Answer 2

Using expressions that disarm you from from questioning the validity of an argument.

Question 3

Doublespeak Euphemisms

Answer 3

The use of inoffensive words or expressions to mislead, disarm, or deceive us about unpleasant realities.

Question 4

Doublespeak Jargon

Answer 4

The use of technical language to make the simple seem complex, the trivial seem profound, or the insignificant seem import, all done intentionally to impress others.

Question 5

Emotive Content

Answer 5

Intentionally using words to arouse feelings about a subject to bias others positively or negatively, in order to gain influence or power.

Question 6

False implications

Answer 6

Language that is clear and accurate but misleading because it suggests something false.

Question 7

Gobbledygook

Answer 7

The use of confusing non-technical language to mislead or deceive.

Question 8

Hedging and weasel words

Answer 8

Language that appears to commit one to a particular view, but because of its wording, allows one to retreat from that view.

Question 9

Judgmental words

Answer 9

Stating opinions as though they were facts, so the audience does not have to “bother” judging for themselves.

Question 10

Meaningless comparisons

Answer 10

Language that implies that something is superior but retreats from that view.

Question 11

Vagueness

Answer 11

Language which is less perceive than the context requires.