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31John the Presbyter — For the mythical king, see Prester John John the Presbyter is an obscure figure in early Christian tradition, who is either distinguished from, or identified with, the Apostle John.PapiasJohn appears in a fragment by Papias, a 2nd century bishop… …
32Politeness theory — Politeness is the expression of the speakers’ intention to mitigate face threats carried by certain face threatening acts toward another (Mills, 2003, p. 6). Being polite therefore consists of attempting to save face for another. Politeness… …
33rhetoric — /ret euhr ik/, n. 1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast. 2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. 3. the study of the effective… …
34language, philosophy of — Philosophical study of the nature and use of natural languages and the relations between language, language users, and the world. It encompasses the philosophical study of linguistic meaning (see semantics), the philosophical study of language… …
35ἀκούσθ' — ἀκουστά̱ , ἀκουστής hearer masc nom/voc/acc dual ἀκουστά , ἀκουστής hearer masc voc sg ἀκουστά , ἀκουστής hearer masc nom sg (epic) ἀκουσταί , ἀκουστής hearer masc nom/voc pl ἀκουστά , ἀκουστός heard neut nom/voc/acc pl ἀκουστά̱ , ἀκουστός heard… …
36Cleft sentence — A cleft sentence is a complex sentence (one having a main clause and a dependent clause) that has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence. Clefts typically put a particular constituent into focus. This focusing is often accompanied …
37Śrāvaka — Translations of Śrāvaka English: disciple, hearer Pāli …
38Linguistic competence — Linguistics …
39Homophora — In the branch of linguistics called pragmatics, homophora is a subcategory of exophora. In common with all exophora, it is the use of an expression to refer to something outside the text (spoken, signed, or written). That is, it is not a cohesive …
40The Message in the Bottle — infobox Book | name = The Message in the Bottle title orig = translator = editor = image caption = 1st ed. cover (1975) author = Walker Percy illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Non fiction:… …
