A Professor Looks Out at Her Class and Notices That

question 72

Multiple Choice

A professor looks out at her class and notices that Jackie is falling asleep.She says loudly,"Wouldn't you be more comfortable in your own bed,Jackie?" The professor is using a kind of directive known as

• A)a metalinguistic message.
• B)establishing common ground.
• C)the communication of gist.
• D)an indirect request.

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Definitions:

Full Employment

A situation in an economy where all available labor resources are being used in the most efficient way possible, typically with low unemployment.

Cyclical Unemployment

The component of overall unemployment that results from economic recessions or expansions, directly correlating with the cyclical trends in the growth of the economy.

Structural Unemployment

Employment decline due to the transformation of the industrial landscape, primarily influenced by technological progress, rather than changes in demand or supply dynamics.

Structural

Pertaining to the intrinsic, essential framework or construction of something, often used in contexts like structural reforms in economics or structural engineering.