What Governs How Language Is Used

question 15

Multiple Choice

What governs how language is used?

• A) Constitutive rules
• B) Connotative meaning
• C) Regulative rules
• D) The cooperative principle

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Definitions:

Hyper-Competitive

An intense and excessive desire to win and be more successful than others in every situation.

Horney

Refers to Karen Horney, a psychoanalytic psychologist known for her theories on neurotic personality development and the concept of "basic anxiety."

Self-Realization

The process of fully understanding and realizing one's own potential and abilities.

Horney

Karen Horney was a German-American psychoanalyst known for her theory of neurotic needs and the concept of womb envy, countering Sigmund Freud's emphasis on penis envy.