Much of Our Language Use Serves Non-Informational Purposes,such as

question 21

Multiple Choice

Much of our language use serves non-informational purposes,such as

• A)maintaining social relationships.
• B)telling the barista that we want a skim latte.
• C)providing directions to an event.
• D)advising a friend what time to show up at a party.

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Definitions:

NMR

Nuclear magnetic resonance, a spectroscopic technique used to observe the local magnetic fields around atomic nuclei, valuable in structural determination of molecules.

IR

Infrared, a region of the electromagnetic spectrum used in spectroscopy to identify molecular vibrations and thereby determine the presence of specific functional groups in a sample.

Septet

A splitting pattern in NMR spectroscopy indicating seven adjacent hydrogens.

Doublet

A pair of closely related spectral lines or energy levels, often observed in spectroscopy due to splitting of a single level into two by interaction effects.