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  2. Interpreting notes - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of interpreting notes is not to transcribe the speech verbatim. Interpreting notes are not a form of shorthand.Their purpose is to write minimal notes which will, at a quick glance, elicit in the interpreter's mind the intent of an oral communication so that it can be re-expressed in a different language.

  3. Interpretive discussion - Wikipedia

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    Successful leaders of interpretive discussions should be involved with the ideas and opinions that their students express. This involves both being familiar with the texts and developing lists of questions to use as possible jumping points for discussions as well as getting participants involved throughout the processes of discussions.

  4. Formalism (literature) - Wikipedia

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    It is the study of a text without taking into account any outside influence. Formalism rejects or sometimes simply "brackets" (i.e., ignores for the purpose of analysis) notions of culture or societal influence, authorship and content, but instead focuses on modes, genres, discourse, and forms.

  5. Reader-response criticism - Wikipedia

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    Reader-response theory recognizes the reader as an active agent who imparts "real existence" to the work and completes its meaning through interpretation. Reader-response criticism argues that literature should be viewed as a performing art in which each reader creates their own, possibly unique, text-related performance.

  6. Immediate constituent analysis - Wikipedia

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    A syntax tree example under immediate constituent analysis The third tree in this section illustrates the same sentence, “The man refused the present.”, but with an ICA correspondence. As theories have developed, it is argued that tree structures and their implications on categories and divisions have gradually moved away from models ...

  7. Error analysis (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Corder (1973) distinguished two kinds of elicitation:clinical and experimental elicitation. clinical elicitation involves getting the informant to produce data of any sort, for example by means of general interview or writing a composition. experimental elicitation involves the use of special instrument to elicit data containing the linguistic ...

  8. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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    Uses of figurative language, or figures of speech, can take multiple forms, such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and many others. [12] Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature says that figurative language can be classified in five categories: resemblance or relationship, emphasis or understatement, figures of sound, verbal games, and errors.

  9. Heritage interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Heritage interpretation refers to all the ways in which information is communicated to visitors to an educational, natural or recreational site, such as a museum, park or science centre. More specifically it is the communication of information about, or the explanation of, the nature, origin, and purpose of historical, natural, or cultural ...