20 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Language > General language
General language
Use this category for general terms related to languages.
Industry: Language
Add a new termContributors in General language
General language
Juggernaut
Language; General language
A word of Indian origin that is commonly used to describe either a large and overpowing destructive force, or anything requiring blind devotion. It comes from the word Jagganath, the Hindu god Vishnu ...
Rag on
Language; General language
To bother someone; to criticise someone; or humiliate someone is called "rag on".
Scorching
Language; General language
Winning at gambling; about to win something big, is termed as scorching.
Interpellation
Language; General language
Interpellation is Althusser's term to describe a mechanism whereby the human subject is 'constituted' (constructed) by pre-given structures (a structuralist stance). This concept is used by Marxist ...
Interpersonal communication
Language; General language
In contrast to mass communication ('one-to-many' communication), this term is typically used to refer to 'one-to-one' communication, although this distinction tends to overlook the importance of ...
Interpretant
Language; General language
In Peirce's model of the sign, the interpretant is not an interpreter but rather the sense made of the sign. Peirce doesn't feature the interpreter directly in his triad, although he does highlight ...
