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• Intension
  In [[linguistics]], [[logic]], [[philosophy]], and other fields, an '''intension''' is any ...d]] image" or string of [[letters]] on a page that one [[recognizes]] as a sign.
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• Semantics
  *3 a : the [[meaning]] or [[relationship]] of [[meanings]] of a [[sign]] or set of signs; especially : connotative meaning ...a long period of time, most notably in the field of formal semantics. In [[linguistics]], it is the [[study]] of [[interpretation]] of signs or [[symbols]] as use
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• Expression
  10. [[Linguistics]]. the stylistic characteristics of an utterance (opposed to [[meaning]] ). 11. [[Linguistics]]. the [[system]] of verbal utterances specific to a language (opposed to [
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• Reference
  ==Languages and linguistics== ...sometimes used, though this could be seen as a sign that refers to another sign with an absent referent.
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• Meaning
  * Meaning (semiotics) has to do with the distribution of signs in sign relations. [[Category: Linguistics]]
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• Semiotics
  ...unication]], signs and [[symbols]], both [[individual]]ly and grouped into sign [[system]]s. It includes the study of how [[meaning]] is constructed and un ...e in the world (see semiosis). In general, semiotic theories take signs or sign systems as their object of study: the communication of information in livin
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• Negativity
  *3 a (1) : less than zero and opposite in sign to a positive number that when added to the given number yields zero <-2 is ==Description (Linguistics)==
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• Amateur
  The lack of financial benefit can also be seen as a sign of [[commitment]] to an [[activity]]; and until the [https://en.wikipedia.o ...iki/Broadway_theatre Broadway] performances. [[Astronomy]], [[history]], [[linguistics]], and the [[natural sciences]] are among the myriad fields that have benef
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• Gesture
  ...l role in [[religious]] or [[spiritual]] [[ritual]]s such as the Christian sign of the cross. In Hinduism and Buddhism, a mudra ([[Sanskrit]], literally "s ...pursuing independent topics related to cognition, development, education, linguistics, and various other fields, but interrelated by the lab's main focus - the s
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• Smile
  ...ression]] and consider it unwelcoming. Too much smiling can be viewed as a sign of shallowness or dishonesty. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese J ...fear]]. The study of smiles is a part of gelotology, [[psychology]], and [[linguistics]], comprising various [[theories]] of affect, [[humor]], and [[laughter]].
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• Repetition
  ...repetition of a musical passage is often indicated by the use of a repeat sign, or the instructions da capo or dal segno. ...museme is a minimal [[unit]] of [[meaning]], [[analgous]] to morpheme in [[linguistics]], and musematic repetition is "at the level of the short figure, often use
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• Language
  ...tion is offered here. Instead, what [[Anthropology|anthropologists]] and [[Linguistics|linguists]] mean by language is better understood by trying to be clear abo ...r monkeys, and some of the primates that have acquired elements of human [[sign language]] seem to be able to use it for both displacement and prevaricatio
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• Error
  ...ng misjudgment, carelessness, or forgetfulness. Now, say that I run a stop sign because I was in a hurry, and wasn't concentrating, and the police stop me, ...of language usage in everyday social class distinctions, many feel that [[linguistics]] should be descriptive rather than prescriptive to avoid reinforcing domin
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• Metaphor
  ...cond subject]''." More generally, a metaphor is a [[rhetoric]]al [[Trope (linguistics)|trope]] that describes a first subject as ''being'' or ''equal to'' a seco ...ent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24-hour porterage and an enormous sign on the roof saying 'This Is a Large Crisis.'" ([[Blackadder]])
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• Radical
  ...cal or social reforms (a1793). With use as noun compare French radical (in linguistics) root of a word (1754), (in chemistry) (1787: see below), (in mathematics) ...ing to or forming the root of a number or quantity. Now chiefly in radical sign n. at Special uses 2.
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• Communication
  ...al communication|nonverbal]], physical means, such as [[body language]], [[sign language]], [[paralanguage]], [[haptics|touch]] or [[eye contact]]. ...pinions or information without the use of [[word]]s, using [[gesture]]s [[sign language]], [[facial expression]]s and [[body language]] instead.
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• Information
  ...ard]] input. [[Signal (information theory)|Signal]]s, [[Sign (linguistics)|sign]]s, and [[symbol]]s are also in this category. On the other hand, accordin
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• Languages and Literature
  ...ly referred to as natural languages, and the science of studying them is [[linguistics]]. ...ach are the concepts of the [[phoneme]], the [[morpheme]], and the [[Root (linguistics)|root]]; the phoneme was only recognized by Western linguists some two mill
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• The Revolution of Everyday Life/ Chapter 11
  ...the Stalinist State will one day realise the classless society. No poetic sign is ever completely tamed by ideology. ...no mistake, when ideologies clash or begin to wear out the most mercenary sign can become a good anarchist (I am thinking of the splendid title that Belle
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• Mortal Knowlege: The Originary Event, & The Emergence of the Sacred
  ...nerative anthropology with the objective findings of paleoanthropology and linguistics. Furthermore, I will tender an originary proposal of my own. It is hoped my ...eschamps, and Hillaire, 1996), supports this and is the first indisputable sign of Pfeiffer’s (1982)
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