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... choice of words ; ( 3 ) the speaker may deliberately make his mes- sage ambiguous , either to disguise his attempt to exploit his audi- ence or to be humorous . Language is inherently ambiguous . Let us recall what we have said about ...
... choice of words ; ( 3 ) the speaker may deliberately make his mes- sage ambiguous , either to disguise his attempt to exploit his audi- ence or to be humorous . Language is inherently ambiguous . Let us recall what we have said about ...
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... Choice Another way of securing identification is through preciseness of word choice . French novelist Flaubert always looked for le mot juste - the exact word . The story goes that when a fellow author , Guy de Maupassant , asked ...
... Choice Another way of securing identification is through preciseness of word choice . French novelist Flaubert always looked for le mot juste - the exact word . The story goes that when a fellow author , Guy de Maupassant , asked ...
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... choice based on stereotyped emotional response for choice based on careful and informed consideration of issues and inferences . For example , the epithets given President Johnson during the 1964 election- Light - Bulb Lyndon , Lyndon ...
... choice based on stereotyped emotional response for choice based on careful and informed consideration of issues and inferences . For example , the epithets given President Johnson during the 1964 election- Light - Bulb Lyndon , Lyndon ...
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