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  2. Context (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Verbal context influences the way an expression is understood; hence the norm of not citing people out of context. Since much contemporary linguistics takes texts, discourses, or conversations as the object of analysis, the modern study of verbal context takes place in terms of the analysis of discourse structures and their mutual relationships ...

  3. Tranquillity - Wikipedia

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    The Hay Wain by John Constable (1821). Tranquillity (also spelled tranquility) is the quality or state of being tranquil; that is, calm, serene, and worry-free.The word tranquillity appears in numerous texts ranging from the religious writings of Buddhism—where the term passaddhi refers to tranquillity of the body, thoughts, and consciousness on the path to enlightenment—to an assortment ...

  4. Conversation analysis - Wikipedia

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    Conversation analysis has been criticized for not being able to address issues of power and inequality in society at large. [48] Another point of critique is the focus on single-case analysis and the generalizability of collection-based descriptions has been questioned. [49]: 1024

  5. Passaddhi - Wikipedia

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    passaddhi ("tranquility" or "serenity" or "calm") sukho ("happiness" or "pleasure"). By establishing mindfulness, one overcomes the Five Hindrances ( pañca nīvaraṇi ), gives rise to gladness, rapture, pleasure and tranquillizes the body ( kāyo passambhati ); such bodily tranquillity ( passaddhakāyo ) leads to higher states of ...

  6. Inner peace - Wikipedia

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    Inner peace (or peace of mind) refers to a deliberate state of psychological or spiritual calm despite the potential presence of stressors.Being "at peace" is considered by many to be healthy (homeostasis) and the opposite of being stressed or anxious, and is considered to be a state where one's mind performs at an optimal level, regardless of outcomes.

  7. Communication accommodation theory - Wikipedia

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    They are categorized into four main components: the sociohistorical context, the communicators' accommodative orientation, the immediate situation and evaluation and future intentions. [21] These components are essential to Communication accommodation Theory and affect the course and outcome of intercultural conversations.

  8. Colorless green ideas sleep furiously - Wikipedia

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    One of the first writers to have attempted to provide the sentence meaning through context is Chinese linguist Yuen Ren Chao (1997). [9] Chao's poem, entitled Making Sense Out of Nonsense: The Story of My Friend Whose "Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously" (after Noam Chomsky) was published in 1971. This poem attempts to explain what ...

  9. De Tranquillitate Animi - Wikipedia

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    De Tranquillitate Animi (On the tranquility of the mind / on peace of mind) is a Latin work by the Stoic philosopher Seneca (4 BC–65 AD). The dialogue concerns the state of mind of Seneca's friend Annaeus Serenus, and how to cure Serenus of anxiety , worry and disgust with life.