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  2. Context (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Verbal context influences the way an expression is understood; hence the norm of not citing people out of context. Since much contemporary linguistics takes texts, discourses, or conversations as the object of analysis, the modern study of verbal context takes place in terms of the analysis of discourse structures and their mutual relationships ...

  3. Text linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Text linguistics is a branch of linguistics that deals with texts as communication systems.Its original aims lay in uncovering and describing text grammars.The application of text linguistics has, however, evolved from this approach to a point in which text is viewed in much broader terms that go beyond a mere extension of traditional grammar towards an entire text.

  4. Register (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In sociolinguistics, a register is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or particular communicative situation. For example, when speaking officially or in a public setting, an English speaker may be more likely to follow prescriptive norms for formal usage than in a casual setting, for example, by pronouncing words ending in -ing with a velar nasal instead of an alveolar nasal ...

  5. Discourse analysis - Wikipedia

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    The objects of discourse analysis (discourse, writing, conversation, communicative event) are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of sentences, propositions, speech, or turns-at-talk. Contrary to much of traditional linguistics, discourse analysts not only study language use 'beyond the sentence boundary' but also prefer to analyze ...

  6. Contextualization (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Generalized, Hassan's findings reveal that language and context go hand in hand. Scholars have said that it is important to include culture studies into language studies because it aids in students' learning. The informational and situational context that culture provides helps language "make sense"; culture is a contextualization cue (Hassan ...

  7. Linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Linguistics is the scientific study of language. [1] [2] [3] The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds and equivalent gestures in sign languages), phonology (the abstract sound system of a particular language, and analogous systems of sign languages), and pragmatics ...

  8. Verbal intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Verbal intelligence is the ability to understand and reason using concepts framed in words. More broadly, it is linked to problem solving , abstract reasoning , [ 1 ] and working memory . Verbal intelligence is one of the most g -loaded abilities.

  9. Morphology (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Verbal suffixes are morphemes added at the end of a word to change its form. Prefixes are those that are added at the front. For example, the Pingelapese suffix –kin means 'with' or 'at.' It is added at the end of a verb. ius = to use → ius-kin = to use with mwahu = to be good → mwahu-kin = to be good at. sa-is an example of a verbal ...