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[Eza]

This topic deals with the subject of proper language. Proper language can consist of many sorts of language. This topic deals with proper language in the way that proper language is understood to be the language that is understandable for other people. One of the purposes for the use of language is communication. One of the elements of communication is that there is a receiver. One of the elements of sending a message to a receiver is that it can be found important that the message is understood. In some occasions the goal of a message is that the message is not understood. This can happen when the possibility exist the message arrives at the enimy. In this case the sender of the message wants that the receiver does not understand the message.

There are more occasions when a sender doesn't want the receiver to understand the message. The sender can have other purposes. The purpose of the sender can be that the receiver doesn't understand the message. The sender can think that it is profitable for the sender if the receiver doesn't understand what the sender is communicating. This can happen when the sender expects that the reaction of the receiver will be negative when the receiver understands the message. So sometimes people send wrong messages. And sometimes people send unclear messages. This can be called to fog. In the fog it is impossible for people to see what is around them. Or it is hard for them. The same happens when deliberately unclear information is sent. The receiver is not able to understand the message.

One of the main rules is to try to avoid the use of a word with a negative connotation. The word no is the most clear example of such a word. The same can be said about the word not. The meaning of the sentence is turnt into the opposite with the use of the word not. This makes it harder for the receiver to understand the message. The receiver has to think twice. The message and the words recall one sort of meaning. The use of the word not turns the meaning of the sentence into the opposite of the meaning of the used words.

The next thing is that a negative word can recall a negative association to the word. When the sender of the communicated message wants to appeal to positive feelings and thoughts it is recommendated to use positive words.

The same can be said about a double negation. An example is like:

It is not impossible to earn $ 1.-- with a post.

The first difficult use of a word is the word impossible. What is said about a negative word in this post applies to this word.

The second difficulty is the denial of the negative word with a negative association.

This asks a three fold effort of the receiver of the message. In this case the receiver of the message is the reader of the post. The reader has to understand the meaning of the word impossible. The reader has to turn that into the opposite of the meaning of the word impossible. And the reader needs to turn the result into the positive message. This message can be that it is possible to earn $ 1.-- with a post.

This last sentence shows that it is possible to use a positive sentence when a double negotation is used in a sentence.

Edited by Eza, 22 November 2010 - 11:20 AM.

[chini13]

What all you wrote i studied in college long back..reading all that about language and communication took me back to the lectures i attended
how important the communication is...what is the use of language...
u wrote it all...so i don't feel the requirement to comment

[Eza]

The text on this T-shirt is an example of a triple negotiaton. The triple negativity forces the reader to think about the meaning of the message. This forces an extra effort of the reader. This effort is avoided when the message is put in a positive form.




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Edited by Eza, 22 November 2010 - 08:55 PM.