Tag: linguistics

Quotative Evidential

Quotative evidentiality marks the source of information as hearsay or reported speech.…

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Quantity Implicature: The Art of Saying More by Saying Less

Quantity implicature, a concept in pragmatics, describes how speakers imply more than…

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Quantifier

A quantifier specifies the quantity of something, often used in logic and…

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Quality Implicature

Quality implicature refers to the unspoken assumptions made about the quality or…

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Pun: A Play on Words

A pun is a form of wordplay that exploits multiple meanings of…

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Pseudo-Cleft Sentence

A pseudo-cleft sentence is a type of complex sentence where a 'wh-'…

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Proximate Person Deixis

Proximate person deixis refers to the use of words like 'I,' 'you,'…

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Propositional Act

A propositional act refers to the assertion or denial of a proposition.…

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Pronoun

A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun or…

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Pronominal: Understanding Pronouns and Their Role

Pronominal refers to anything related to pronouns. Pronouns replace nouns to avoid…

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