The Colors of a Neon Light Arise Because It Is

question 31

Short Answer

The colors of a neon light arise because it is a(n)________ spectrum.

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Definitions:

Sociolinguistic Competence

Knowledge of the implicit rules for generating socially appropriate sentences that make sense because they fit the listeners’ social knowledge.

Speech Act Theory

The theory that verbal utterances both state something and do something.

Intentionalist Model

A theory that views communication as the exchange of communicative intentions and views messages transmitted as merely the means to this end.

Encoder-Decoder

A model in communications and information processing that describes the process of transferring information from a sender (encoder) to a receiver (decoder).