True and False chapter 5
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Equivocal language consists of statements that have only one commonly accepted definition.
FALSE
Language has no impact or effect on shaping perceptions of the world or the attitudes people hold toward one another.
FALSE
Abstract language is vague in nature, but abstractions are a useful kind of verbal shorthand.
TRUE
Pragmatic rules govern the use and meaning of a statement.
TRUE
Syntactic rules govern the grammar of a language.
TRUE
The symbolic nature of language enables us to communicate about ideas, reasons, the past, the future, and things not present.
TRUE
Semantic rules reflect the ways in which users of a language assign meaning to a particular linguistic symbol, usually a word.
TRUEEqu
