Explore: Emotive (linguistics)

Truth-bearer Type–token distinction Variation (linguistics) Wooden language Also known as loaded terms, strong emotive language, high-inference language, language-persuasive

In linguistics, a figleaf is defined as language used to prevent a bigoted statement from being perceived as bigoted, for example, that a person making

In linguistics, focus (abbreviated FOC) is a grammatical category that conveys the part of the sentence that contributes new, non-derivable, or contrastive

In linguistics, aspect is a grammatical category that expresses how a verbal action, event, or state, extends over time. For instance, perfective aspect

used) and is the operative function in poetry as well as slogans. The emotive function: relates to the Addresser (sender) and is best exemplified by

Grammatical conjugation, the modification of a verb from its basic form Emotive conjugation or Russell's conjugation, the use of loaded language Complex

Internet linguistics is a domain of linguistics advocated by the English linguist David Crystal. It studies new language styles and forms that have arisen

interjections can be classified into three types of meaning: volitive, emotive, or cognitive. Volitive interjections function as imperative or directive

language has a large inventory of sound symbolic or mimetic words, known in linguistics as ideophones. Such words are found in written as well as spoken Japanese

Jakobson (1896–1982) proposes that when a group of signs is used, there is an emotive function that reflects the speaker's attitude to the topic of his or her