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What can affect the meaning of words and sentences according to the text?
What can affect the meaning of words and sentences according to the text?
- Speaker's intentions (correct)
- Change in spelling
- Word length
- Punctuation marks
Which term best describes the concept where 'Nice' could mean 'foolish' and 'Silly' could mean 'happy' over time?
Which term best describes the concept where 'Nice' could mean 'foolish' and 'Silly' could mean 'happy' over time?
- Syntactic ambiguity
- Semantic shift (correct)
- Morphological derivation
- Phonological assimilation
In the context of word meanings, what role do the speaker's intentions play?
In the context of word meanings, what role do the speaker's intentions play?
- Directing the spelling rules
- Determining the font style
- Affecting interpretation in a specific context (correct)
- Influencing the audience's mood
