According to John Austin, p________ were sentences that did not state a fact or describe a state and were not verifiable.

lingua franca

Of the two media of language, speech and writing, which is more basic in the view of modern linguistics? Explain the reasons.

What are the major views concerning the study of meaning? Explain them briefly.

illocutionary act

historical linguistics

semantics

branching nodes

linguistic lateralization

language transfer

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