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  2. Pure speech - Wikipedia

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    Pure speech in United States law is the communication of ideas through spoken or written words or through conduct limited in form to that necessary to convey the idea. It is distinguished from symbolic speech , which involves conveying an idea or message through behavior.

  3. Symbolic speech - Wikipedia

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    Symbolic speech is distinguished from pure speech, which is the communication of ideas through spoken or written words or through conduct limited in form to that necessary to convey the idea. While First Amendment protections originally only applied to laws passed by Congress, these protections on symbolic speech have also applied to state ...

  4. Monophthong - Wikipedia

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    A monophthong (/ ˈ m ɒ n ə f θ ɒ ŋ, ˈ m ɒ n ə p-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-; from Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos) 'one sound', [1] from μόνος (mónos) 'single' and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound') is a pure vowel sound, one whose articulation at only beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of ...

  5. Speech - Wikipedia

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    Speech is the subject of study for linguistics, cognitive science, communication studies, psychology, computer science, speech pathology, otolaryngology, and acoustics. Speech compares with written language, [1] which may differ in its vocabulary, syntax, and phonetics from the spoken language, a situation called diglossia.

  6. Irony - Wikipedia

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    An example of situational irony: the phrase "Nothing is written in stone" is written in stone. Irony, in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what appears to be the case on the surface and what is actually the case or to be expected. It typically figures as a rhetorical device and literary technique. In some philosophical contexts ...

  7. Pragmatics - Wikipedia

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    A pure indexical sign does not contribute to the meaning of the propositions at all. It is an example of a "non-referential use of language." A second way to define the signified and signifier relationship is C.S. Peirce's Peircean Trichotomy. The components of the trichotomy are the following: 1.

  8. Sound poetry - Wikipedia

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    Sound poetry is an artistic form bridging literary and musical composition, in which the phonetic aspects of human speech are foregrounded instead of more conventional semantic and syntactic values; "verse without words". By definition, sound poetry is intended primarily for performance.

  9. Shaucha - Wikipedia

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    Purity is a mind pure and free of evil thoughts and behaviors. [5] Shaucha includes outer purity of body as well as inner purity of mind. [6] It is synonymous with shuddhi (शुद्धि). [7] LePage [clarification needed] states that shaucha in yoga is on many levels, and deepens as an understanding and evolution of self increases. [8]