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What can studying non-literal meaning tell us about the nature of meaning?

by Christopher R. Teeple | Dec 4, 2022 | Linguistics

What can studying non-literal meaning tell us about the nature of meaning? In particular, how important is non-literal meaning to questions of understanding? We have encountered several types of non-literal meaning: implicature, humor, sarcasm, social meaning,...

How do children growing in a bilingual environment acquire literacy skills?

by Christopher R. Teeple | Nov 13, 2022 | Linguistics

How do children growing in a bilingual environment acquire literacy skills? Think about Arabic (Chinese/ Indian) children learning to read and write in their native language and English at the same time. Discuss the complexity and peculiarities of the acquisition...

What is implicature?

by Christopher R. Teeple | Oct 3, 2022 | Linguistics

-Grundy (2008) Chapter 5, Implicit Meaning – Huang (2014) Chapter 2, Implicature -Wierzbicka (2003) Chapter 3, Cross-cultural pragmatics and different cultural values Please answer the following questions from the attached files, also add one more reference,...

what does it convey to you?

by Christopher R. Teeple | Jun 8, 2022 | Linguistics

Our Spacetacean language was a creation by committee, but I would now like you to critique it as though it was the aim of one person. Consider its inventory, phonotactics, morphological structure, syntactic structure, as well as the words in the lexicon. Looking at it...

Choose two varieties of English that you are interested in. Compare three to four interconnected

by Christopher R. Teeple | Jun 6, 2022 | Linguistics

Course Title: English Grammar and Structure Research paper (40%) The research paper is intended to deepen your understanding of the varieties of English, and of some areas of English grammar and to demonstrate your understanding and ability to critically read and...

What aspects of the talker’s identity are constructed through their language use?

by Christopher R. Teeple | May 27, 2022 | Linguistics

Your data source: A show or film of your choice in which language and racialized identities play a prominent role Your goal: Through an analysis of an individual character’s speech, you will explore the following questions… What aspects of the talker’s...

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What can studying non-literal meaning tell us about the nature of meaning?

How do children growing in a bilingual environment acquire literacy skills?

What is implicature?

what does it convey to you?

Choose two varieties of English that you are interested in. Compare three to four interconnected

What aspects of the talker’s identity are constructed through their language use?

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