A locutionary act is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon, and phonology.

Explain the term “euphemism” with examples. Describe the use of euphemisms in social communication. What will result in euphemistic clichés?

Describe the distinctive features of Black English in its syntactic system by using examples.

phone

ethnic dialect

language center

creole

hierarchical structure

contrastive analysis

interlanguage

co-hyponyms