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Verbal and Non-Verbal Language
Verbal and Non-Verbal Language
Give two (2) example scenarios for each type of linguistic meaning below:
1. Phenomenological
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2. Semantic
- A child might make use of semantics to understand a mom’s directive to “do your chores” as,
“do your chores whenever you feel like it.” However, the mother was probably saying, “do your
chores right now.”
- To call someone a lady means more than simply being female. Semantics tell us that, if she’s a
lady, she possesses elegance and grace.
3. Syntactic
- Incorrect: While watching a movie, people who text on their phone are very annoying.
Correct: People who text on their phone while watching a movie are very annoying.
- Incorrect: Happy about her upcoming promotion, the trip home was full of singing.
Correct: Happy about her upcoming promotion, Sammie sang all the way home.
4. Pragmatic
- If you eat all of that food, it will make you bigger!
- I heart you!