Context is the next step in language development. It is the reason why the there are over sixteen different ways, in Arabic, to say the word love. If we didn’t have context, every sentence would be meaningless to us. The definition of Context, according to Hayakawa, is the deeper meaning of a word revealed to us from either the rest of the sentence, the tone of the sentence, the rhythm of the sentence, or the physical and mental situation in which the sentence was posed.
Realistic Hypotheticals sounds like, from the context of the question and from the passage itself, they are simply real world examples. Hayakawa sprinkles real life examples about Englishwomen, conversations about oboes, personal commuters and the US Justice system to explain context and the different kinds of context.
Connotation, the different meanings and attitudes of the same word, can be either informative, affective, tabooitive, or judgmental. Informative connotations tell you what a word can mean in a given sentence and also a word’s literal definition. When a word is said that makes you feel an emotion, this emotion is an example of affective connotation. Tabooitive (not a real word, but it is in my heart) Connotations refer to the words we are not supposed to use in society unless we are to be explicit (“Swears”). Lastly, Judgmental Connotation come with words that already have an informative connotation along with a affective connotation that is commonly felt among most of society.
Realistic Hypotheticals sounds like, from the context of the question and from the passage itself, they are simply real world examples. Hayakawa sprinkles real life examples about Englishwomen, conversations about oboes, personal commuters and the US Justice system to explain context and the different kinds of context.
Connotation, the different meanings and attitudes of the same word, can be either informative, affective, tabooitive, or judgmental. Informative connotations tell you what a word can mean in a given sentence and also a word’s literal definition. When a word is said that makes you feel an emotion, this emotion is an example of affective connotation. Tabooitive (not a real word, but it is in my heart) Connotations refer to the words we are not supposed to use in society unless we are to be explicit (“Swears”). Lastly, Judgmental Connotation come with words that already have an informative connotation along with a affective connotation that is commonly felt among most of society.
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