COMD 2050 : COMD Final
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Recursion: therefore, each noun phrase has the potential to generate a prep. Meaning: conceptual meaning- covers basic, essential components of meaning that are conveyed by the literal use of a word, dictionary definition, associative meaning-may differ from one person to the next and connotation is somewhat evoked. Agent and theme: the agent the entity that performs the action, the theme the entity that is involved or affected by the action, ex: the boy kicked the ball. Deixis: understanding the meaning of certain words requires contextual information, think pronouns, deictic /daiktik/ expressions, from the greek word deixis meaning pointing , use to point to what we are talking/writing about, too vague. Discourse: components of language the way language is used, how language-users successfully interpret what other language- users intend to convey, coherent sequences of, semantics, speech acts. Right hemisphere: which is dominant? the left, the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body, and vice versa.
