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  2. Elocution - Wikipedia

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    Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone as well as the idea and practice of effective speech and its forms. It stems from the idea that while communication is symbolic, sounds are final and compelling. [1] [2]

  3. Speech act - Wikipedia

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    Multi-agent systems sometimes use speech act labels to express the intent of an agent when it sends a message to another agent. For example, the intent "inform" in the message "inform(content)" may be interpreted as a request that the receiving agent adds the item "content" to its knowledge-base; this is in contrast to the message "query ...

  4. Jakobson's functions of language - Wikipedia

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    The six factors of an effective verbal communication. To each one corresponds a communication function (not displayed in this picture). [1] Roman Jakobson defined six functions of language (or communication functions), according to which an effective act of verbal communication can be described. [2] Each of the functions has an associated factor.

  5. Language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Language acquisition involves structures, rules, and representation. The capacity to successfully use language requires human beings to acquire a range of tools, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and an extensive vocabulary. Language can be vocalized as in speech, or manual as in sign. [1]

  6. Communicative competence - Wikipedia

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    The concept of communicative competence, as developed in linguistics, originated in response to perceived inadequacy of the notion of linguistic competence.That is, communicative competence encompasses a language user's grammatical knowledge of syntax, morphology, phonology and the like, but reconceives this knowledge as a functional, social understanding of how and when to use utterances ...

  7. Words are overrated. Here’s why we’re addicted to ‘silent ...

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    Through nonverbal communication, you convey emotions,” said Dr. Diane Paul, senior director of clinical issues in speech-language pathology at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

  8. Ethnography of communication - Wikipedia

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    A - act sequence: what speech acts make up the speech event, and what order they are performed in K - key : the tone or manner of performance (serious or joking, sincere or ironic, etc.) I - instrumentalities : what channel or medium of communication is used (e.g. speaking, signing, writing, drumming, whistling), and what language/variety is ...

  9. Context (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The influence of context parameters on language use or discourse is usually studied in terms of language variation, style or register (see Stylistics). The basic assumption here is that language users adapt the properties of their language use (such as intonation, lexical choice, syntax, and other aspects of formulation ) to the current ...