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  2. Double-talk - Wikipedia

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    Double-talk is a form of speech in which inappropriate, invented, or nonsense words are interpolated into normal speech to give the appearance of knowledge, and thus confuse or amuse the audience. [ 1 ]

  3. Doublespeak - Wikipedia

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    Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky comment in their book Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media that Orwellian doublespeak is an important component of the manipulation of the English language in American media, through a process called dichotomization, a component of media propaganda involving "deeply embedded double standards in the reporting of news."

  4. Doubletalk - Wikipedia

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    Doubletalk, double talk, or double-talk may refer to: Doublespeak, language that is deceptively ambiguous; Gibberish (language game), a phonetically modified version of English; Double-talk, speech including nonsense syllables that appears erudite

  5. Social (pragmatic) communication disorder - Wikipedia

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    It does not mean that SPCD does not show such behaviors. [20] PLI tends to be the disorder that is more common to SPCD than the other disorders because both disorders are focused on the pragmatic difficulties individuals have in language with both disorders. [21] SPCD has an element of social communication that is lacking or undeveloped, unlike ...

  6. Skill assessment - Wikipedia

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    Formative assessment provides feedback for remedial work and coaching, while summative assessment checks whether the competence has been achieved at the end of training. Assessment of combinations of skills and their foundational knowledge may provide greater efficiency, and in some cases competence in one skill my imply competence in other ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Speech disorder - Wikipedia

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    This can mean fluency disorders like stuttering, cluttering or lisps. Someone who is unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute . [ 2 ] Speech skills are vital to social relationships and learning, and delays or disorders that relate to developing these skills can impact individuals function. [ 3 ]

  9. Conversation analysis - Wikipedia

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    Conversation analysis (CA) is an approach to the study of social interaction that investigates the methods members use to achieve mutual understanding through the transcription of naturally occurring conversations from audio or video. [1]