Misc Terms

Question 1

Deictic

Answer 1

Used in a way that allows the interpretation to be determined by features of the act of utterance like when and where it takes place, and who the speaker and address are

Ex: I (refers to speaker), now ( refers to a time that includes the time of utterance)

Situationally evoked?

Question 2

Sapir-whorf hypothesis. (whorfianism)

Answer 2

How we talk about something may effect how we think about it

1. Strong version= language determines thought
2. Weak version= language influences thought

Question 3

Locative/directional proposing

I.e., locative PP inversion

Answer 3

Birner’s example of locative and no locative?

Beneath the chin lap of the helmet sprouted black whiskers

Question 4

Horn’s Q and R

Answer 4

Q: say as much as you can, given R.
R: say no more than you must, given Q.

Q= Grice's Q1
R= Grice's Q2, R, and M