One function of expressive language is to bring about various emotional states in hearers.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
Purely expressive language does not report on how the world is and it does not try to get hearers to do certain things. One function of expressive language is to get hearers to feel certain ways. Note that language can serve expressive and informative functions at the same time. A well-crafted piece of nonfiction can both report how things were and evoke emotional responses in the listener.
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The two kinds of rationality, discussed in your text, are
a. religious and scientific. b. logical and emotional. c. practical and theoretical. d. Western and Eastern.
One way of characterizing the difference here discussed is to say that:
a. Subjectivity if falsehood, objectivity is truth. b. Objectively we ask how, subjectively we ask what. c. Objectively we ask what, subjectively we ask how. d. Subjectivity is truth, objectivity is falsehood. e. None of these choices.
Assess the following as probably true, as probably false, as requiring further documentation before judgment, or as a claim that cannot properly be evaluated. Consider both the nature of the claim and the source."[Atmospheric nuclear] tests do not seriously endanger either present or future generations."-Edward Teller, physicist, one of the "fathers" of the atomic bomb, 1958
What will be an ideal response?
What resources did the participants in the Milgram and Stanford University prison experiments who resisted hurting their subjects have that the other participants probably did not?
A. a passive spirit B. good critical thinking skills C. toughness of character D. a compassionate heart