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Language (Problem of meaning (problematic meaning (irony, ambiguity,…
Language
Problem of meaning
problematic meaning
irony
ambiguity
metaphor
secondary meaning
vagueness
theories of meaning
defining meaning
image theory
denotation theory
no key words
no understanding
meaning of know-how
rules
vocabulary
labels
stereotypes
grammar
Disadvantages
Misunderstanding
problems of translation
context
idioms
untransferable
lost in translation
back translantion
comprehensibility
faithfullness
used to manipulate
Persuasion and influence
Emotionally laden language
Asking survey questions differently
Euphemisms
Emotive meaning
Weasel words
Building grammar structures differently
Concealing attention from one aspect of a phenomenon by attracting it to another one
Schemes and patterns
Advantages
way to communicate
relates to intuition
way to get information
helps to share experience
everyone has his own language
Language at war
Warspeak
Naming people as animals
Language and thought
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Languages influence our point of view