Philosophy of language

Denotation is the primary meaning of a word. In contrast connotation is an additional idea to the primary meaning. Hitselberger dislikes the world “fighting” by it’s connotation meaning. The denotation meaning of the word “fighting” is the act of responding with violence to a conflict. In this article, there were two connotation definitions of “fighting” one is fighting against yourself due to something you dislike about who you are, not a physical fight but a mental challenge. The second meaning

Oh, it’s something! When I was young I use to love being busy, but my downtime was playing with Barbie’s, watching Disney movies, or being outside with my next door neighbor. To me that was relaxing. In Doing Nothing is Something Anna Quindlen rants between two topics, she says that doing nothing is when the brain is the most creative, and thinks the most. Then Quindlen says that she use to hate being told to go outside and do things. What is doing nothing? “A hiatus that passes for boredom but

Think of it this way, if you had no identity, not only would you not have a name, you would also not have a heritage, nor a religion to follow. Identity is who we are, as a person, and as a community as a whole. It shapes our fate in many strange ways that we know nothing about. The Manitoba Act amplifies the fact that we adapt to fit the wants of different personal identities. With our fight with ISIS going on, the difference between several countries shared identities and the terrorist group are

Today as in November 18th, 2016, the way that a lot of young women are developing a sense of self construct is through the use of social media, specifically Twitter. Self construct is defined as “a social mechanism, phenomenon, or category created and developed by society; a perception of an individual, group, or idea that is 'constructed' through cultural or social practice”. Twitter allows its users to from all over the world to connect by viewing each others tweets through the use of hashtagging

their dialect and or language, knows so and practices it in their everyday speech with their respective speech community’s. The ethnography of speech can be studied through Dell Hymes’s Ways of Speaking, Roman Jakobson’s Linguistics and Poetics, and Dennis Tedlock’s Ethnography as Interaction: The Storyteller, the Audience, the Fieldworker, and the Machine. The ethnography of speaking is most salient in the action of storytelling. I argue that the phatic function of language is one of the most constant

Irony is a very vital part of communication. Google’s definition of irony is “The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.” Meaning when people say one thing with clear intentions of making you think the other. Irony could be used in both a humorous and educational way. One way people express irony is through sarcasm. Sarcasm is when you say the opposite to imply the obviousness of something. Sarcasm is commonly

Freedom Many people believe there are multiple ways to define freedom. The most obvious among them being that one can do whatever they want without fear of repercussion. According to Merriam Webster the definition of freedom is “the quality or state of being free”(1). The opposing viewpoint is that freedom is something that must come with restrictions if it is to stay in place. For example，some would say that it is there freedom to steal something if they so desire. Freedom with restrictions would

As described by dictionary.com, advocacy is the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending ("The Definition of Advocacy.", 2016). In terms of communication, advocacy means persuading and arguing for a position that you are advocating for ("Advocacy versus Inquiry in Communication.", 2016). The problem with advocacy is that it can interfere with the understanding and listening of both parties ("Advocacy versus Inquiry in Communication.", 2016). Both sides attempt to convince the other side,

Joelle Moussi ANTH 101A Quiz Section F Reading Response #1 A “thick description” is a meaningful description of an action—not only the simple, physical process of the action but also the significance, intention, and context behind that action. Analyzing culture through thick descriptions allows us to go beyond simple observations and understand why people do what they do, so that a cultural “status quo” can become more familiar to us. Clifford Geertz suggests that “the concept of culture… is essentially

Beginning with the theory of Rempel and Burris I will discuss what these researchers consider as definition love. First they describe love as being a “multifaceted construct with multiple meanings, diverse targets and varied expressions” (Rempel and Burris, 2005). It is formed through multiple attachment styles such as the secure attachments defined by Bowlby and Ainsworth and the romantic attachment style by Shaver and Hazan. Rempel and Burris go on to describe what love is believed to be as