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Virtue signalling. Virtue signalling is a pejorative term for the act of showing oneself to have good character, such as by expressing opinions that are considered morally acceptable, often on social media. The term is often used to suggest that such expressions are insincere or grandstanding. [ 1][ 2][better source needed][ 3]
Intonation (linguistics) In linguistics, intonation is the variation in pitch used to indicate the speaker's attitudes and emotions, to highlight or focus an expression, to signal the illocutionary act performed by a sentence, or to regulate the flow of discourse.
Adianoeta – a phrase carrying two meanings: an obvious meaning and a second, more subtle and ingenious one (more commonly known as double entendre). Alliteration – the use of a series of two or more words beginning with the same letter. Amphiboly – a sentence that may be interpreted in more than one way due to ambiguous structure.
Transition (linguistics) A transition or linking word is a word or phrase that shows the relationship between paragraphs or sections of a text or speech. [ 1] Transitions provide greater cohesion by making it more explicit or signaling how ideas relate to one another. [ 1] Transitions are, in fact, "bridges" that "carry a reader from section to ...
Discourse marker. A discourse marker is a word or a phrase that plays a role in managing the flow and structure of discourse. Since their main function is at the level of discourse (sequences of utterances) rather than at the level of utterances or sentences, discourse markers are relatively syntax -independent and usually do not change the ...
Citation signal. In law, a citation or introductory signal is a set of phrases or words used to clarify the authority (or significance) of a legal citation as it relates to a proposition. It is used in citations to present authorities and indicate how those authorities relate to propositions in statements. Legal writers use citation signals to ...
Hazard statements form part of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). They are intended to form a set of standardized phrases about the hazards of chemical substances and mixtures that can be translated into different languages. [ 1][ 2] As such, they serve the same purpose as the well-known R-phrases ...
Procedure word. Procedure words (abbreviated to prowords) are words or phrases limited to radio telephone procedure used to facilitate communication by conveying information in a condensed standard verbal format. [ 1] Prowords are voice versions of the much older procedural signs for Morse code which were first developed in the 1860s for Morse ...