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  Loaded language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Use of the phrase "loaded language" to describe the writing or speech of another implies an accusation of demagoguery or of pandering to the audience.
Loaded language as an umbrella term is sometimes used to describe spin, euphemisms and doublespeak.
Non-sexist language, because it implies that failing to use "non-sexist language" is sexist.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loaded_language   (663 words)

  
 Loaded (language)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Loaded words are words or phrases which have emotional overtones or connotations and which evoke positive (or negative) reactions far beyond the meaning of the word which is listed the dictionary.
Use of the phrase "loaded language" to the writing or speech of another implies accusation of demagoguery or of pandering to audience.
Loaded language as an umbrella term is sometimes to describe spin euphemisms and doublespeak.
www.freeglossary.com /Loaded_words   (638 words)

  
 Logical Fallacy: Loaded Words
Loaded language is not inherently fallacious, otherwise most poetry would commit this fallacy.
The fallacy is committed either when an arguer attempts to use loaded words in place of an argument, or when an arguee makes an evaluation based on the colorful language in which an argument is clothed, rather than on the merits of the argument itself.
Loaded language is a subfallacy of Begging the Question, because to use loaded language fallaciously is to assume an evaluation that has not been proved, thereby failing to fulfill the burden of proof.
www.fallacyfiles.org /loadword.html   (628 words)

  
 Loaded (language)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Loaded language as an umbrella term is sometimes used to describe spin, euphemism s and doublespeak.
Language Problems and Language Planning International multi-lingual journal that publishes articles primarily on political, sociological, and economic aspects of language and language use.
Colon-Language-Center Language Center in Hamburg, Germany, is a large institute which offers language classes in German as a foreign language as well as classes in 18 other languages plus language travels in 20 different countries.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Loaded_(language).html   (1461 words)

  
 Loaded term   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A language construct, such as a word or a question, is said to be loaded if it carries meaning orimplications beyond its strict definition (its denotation).
Loaded words are words or phrases which have strong emotional overtones or connotations and which evokestrongly positive (or negative) reactions far beyond the specific meaning of the word which is listed in the dictionary.
Use of the phrase "loaded language" to describe the writing or speech of another implies an accusation of demagoguery or ofpandering to the audience.
www.therfcc.org /loaded-term-79643.html   (381 words)

  
 Loaded (language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Pro-Choice proponents accuse Pro-Lifers of using loaded language in their choice of the term partial birth abortion to describe the medical procedure dialation and extraction.
Communism is often used as an insult without any understanding or regard to its actual meaning, and anything "Communist" is often automatically assumed to be bad.
Avoiding loaded language where possible is essential for keeping a neutral point of view.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Loaded_%28language%29   (405 words)

  
 Logical Fallacy: Loaded Question
A loaded question is a question with a false or questionable presupposition, and it is "loaded" with that presumption.
This is a series of loaded questions and it illustrates one of the common uses of the loaded question as a rhetorical device, namely, innuendo.
Loaded questions are used in this way to slip claims into rhetoric without the burden of proving them, or the necessity of taking responsibility for unproven assertions.
www.fallacyfiles.org /loadques.html   (1340 words)

  
 How to Use LangTrans: The Language Translator
After you have loaded the language, enter the text you want to translate into the upper edit box, or select 'load text to translate' from the file menu.
While you have a language loaded, you can see what the name of the loaded language is, and how many words there are in the loaded language.
If you press the 'load language' button, then a file selector will appear and you will be able to open an existing language to continue work on.
www.sitesled.com /members/phizzy/apps/langtrans/howto.html   (1028 words)

  
 Loaded Language
The labels being launched at those who successfully question the mind-control myth to reduce what they say in a simplistic framework is a good illustration of anticultists' own concept of "loaded language".
>>Loaded language, as she describes it, occurs within the specific context of a cult to keep a person obedient to an authoritarian structure and a charismatic leader.
The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliche.
bernie.cncfamily.com /sc/mc3_load.htm   (592 words)

  
 ULT - Universal Language Tool for PHP
That is convinient as You may read default language from visitor's browser and set that language for display language, but it is actuallz that we all should use standards if they exist to keep things simple and compatible.
Source language is treated as default one, one which will be showed to the visitor if he do not choose language.
If display language has parent language and source document is written in parent language then we should transcribe document contents from parent language to display language.
www.datavoyage.com /ult/index.php?lang=sr   (3700 words)

  
 Dell Gines » Loaded Language & Short Circuited Debate: Republican Words vs Democrat Words
The function of loaded language is to create an emotional demarcation, or line in the sand by which one attempts to create a favorable emotional response for a position or an unfavorable emotional response to a position without really analyzing critically the position or perspective.
It is incumbent upon anyone who wants to be a true participant in the democrat process, to reject loaded language and the attempts geared to emotionally manipulated you.
Loaded language is the stuff that doesn’t allow us to solve our differences over Roe v.
www.dellgines.com /?p=32   (1723 words)

  
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Loaded with three million lines of source code, it presents a wealth of programming language technology that targets developers interested in the internal workings of the Microsoft.NET Framework, academics working with advanced compiler technology, and people developing their own CLI implementations.
C# is a simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language that combines the high productivity of rapid application development languages with the raw power of C and C++.
While there are many books on particular languages, especially C++ and Java, they tend to concentrate on how to program using that language and their treatment of the semantics is highly languages-specific.
www.dotnetlanguages.net /DNL/Resources.aspx   (1836 words)

  
 Contentious » Loaded Words and Tortured Definitions
Avoiding loaded language often reflects an effort to avoid sensationalizing an issue before the facts are in.
Loaded language is a regular topic of discussion in newsroom meetings throughout the world, and particularly in the US.
Sometimes less-intense words are heavily loaded with an intent to deflect or dissuade – which may not serve the purpose of accurately portraying the news.
contentious.com /archives/2004/05/21/loaded-words-and-tortured-definitions   (1608 words)

  
 Text of the official/national language bill | Loaded Mouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
If any forms are issued by the Federal Government in a language other than English (or such forms are completed in a language other than English), the English language version of the form is the sole authority for all legal purposes.''.
Also, there is a law in Quebec that ``defines the status of the French language in the legislature, the courts, the civil administration, the semipublic agencies, labour relations, commerce and business, language of instruction.
To allow Spanish, Chinese, etc language on how to vote opens the door for all other migrants to seek "equal access" to their language also printed into our electoral processes.
loadedmouth.com /node/3317   (759 words)

  
 Dell Gines » 2005 » July
Loaded Language & Short Circuited Debate: Republican Words vs Democrat Words
I was writing a response to another post, and noticed some similarities on how I was trained to hypnotize and how modern day politics is conducted, and that is through the use of loaded language.
What we attempt as the hypnotherapist to do is create a powerful emotional state through the use of vague words that will create a subconscious change in thought and therefore a conscious change in behavior.
www.dellgines.com /?m=20050720   (380 words)

  
 Chap 4 Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
First, eliminate those possibilities whose form gives them away: A loaded question must first be a question; a rhetorical comparison is a comparison; rhetorical definitions and explanations are, likewise, definitions and explanations before they are anything else.
If the language you are looking at falls into one of the categories already named, you have your answer: loaded question, rhetorical comparison, rhetorical definition, or rhetorical explanation.
Suppose no obviously charged language is present, nor any cues to a loaded question or the other grammatical giveaways.
www.humboldt.edu /~campbell/p100lectch4.htm   (1803 words)

  
 CD Baby: SMILIN LIAR: Loaded Language
loaded language was awsome, the songs were loud, deep, and way different from the other bands you here today.
If you liked Smilin Liar's 1st CD you'll love Loaded Language.
Although im not in possesion of this album yet myself, i have had the chance to hear well over half of it through demos, live preformances, radio, and now smilin liar's website.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/smilinliar   (556 words)

  
 loaded   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Loaded language refers to vocabulary that is emotionally charged.
This is a very subtle logical diversion, but very astute readers discover very quickly that these "labels" and discriptors are often a substitute for logic, and they realize that writers are attempting to disguise their lack of evidence with language.
American readers recognize certain forms of "loaded language." They react to the constant reference to labels such as "liberal," "conservative," "Republican," and "Democrat," but they also have learned to recogize the ways in which the simple and often unintentional use of the masculine pronoun "he" can affect the audience.
homepages.udayton.edu /~farrelba/loaded.htm   (121 words)

  
 Comments from the Friends - Online Edition - January-March 1998 - pages 10-11
Like loaded dice weighted to roll a predetermined number, such “loaded language” exerts subtle pressure to induce a predetermined line of thought.
Witnesses are also trained to use language differences to "overcome objections" at the door.
The preconditioning loaded language of mind control forced her to see the opposite of what actually appeared on the page.
www.cftf.com /online/1998JanMarp10-11.html   (861 words)

  
 Loaded (language)
A language construct, such as a word or a question[?], is said to be loaded if it imports meaning or implications beyond its denotation.
Questions, on the other hand, are usually said to be loaded because they make a presupposition.
Some exaggerated examples can be quite comical, for example, the question "Do you still cheat on your taxes?" makes the presupposition that the subject of the question at one time did cheat on his/her taxes.
www.fastload.org /lo/Loaded_(language).html   (207 words)

  
 Charge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In munitions and explosives, the charge is the explosive material used, for instance, to propel a bullet or shell, or demolish a structure
In firearms, to charge a weapon is to load it with a round and ready it for firing
Similarly, to charge a vessel is to fill it with material, which is subsequently known as the charge
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charge   (434 words)

  
 REGAIN - Religious Groups Awareness International Network
Seeing the book causes thoughts like, "This is the work of the devil." Loaded language is any thought-stopping cliché‚ that is used in manipulative groups to prevent critical thinking.
Such loaded language is not easily forgotten even after exiting a cult.
Because cults misuse words and use loaded language, one ex-cultist recommends concentrating on crossword puzzles and other word games as an aid to regrounding one's conception of the true sense of words.
www.regainnetwork.org /Recovery/Pitfalls.htm   (1392 words)

  
 CorBindToRuntimeEx
Some versions of the common language runtime are installed with a policy statement that specifies compatibility with previous versions of the common language runtime.
A string that specifies whether to load the server or the workstation build of the common language runtime.
Running concurrent garbage collection on a server build is generally not desirable, but the common language runtime startup shim has no special logic to prevent this configuration.
msdn.microsoft.com /library/en-us/cpgenref/html/grfuncorbindtoruntimeex.asp   (588 words)

  
 Loaded words
Loaded words are words or phrases which have strong emotional overtones or connotations and which evoke strongly positive (or negative) reactions far beyond the specific meaning of the word which is...
There are a number of words and phrases which we recommend avoiding, or avoiding in certain contexts and...
Loaded words This page is a primer on scary gun terms.
www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Loaded_words   (315 words)

  
 Media Literacy Lesson Plans, Glencoe Health 2003
Note that one way in which they do this is by using loaded language in their ads.
Explain that loaded language is a form of propaganda, the use of false or misleading claims to achieve a specific goal—in this case, the selling of goods.
Point out that in print, such language can usually be spotted by the liberal use of exclamation points—sometimes more than one—at the end of sentences and phrases.
www.glencoe.com /sec/health/teachres/lessonplans/mlabgrab.shtml   (590 words)

  
 ULT - Universal Language Tool for PHP
Several languages may have the same parent language.
The family also has an ID and it is the same as ID of the parent language.
Literalz, if you use name=en=.jpg while designing page and it's source language is en (English), then, if you load that page and arder for Italian language, name=it=.jpg will actually be loaded.
www.datavoyage.com /ult   (3700 words)

  
 Before You Ask Part 2
Language can be loaded with either Positive or Negative connotations through the speaker or writer's choice of words and/or tone of voice.
Slanted language usually will not convince a careful person to agree with your point, and may cause them to doubt your ability to convey the facts fairly.
Language is sometimes loaded with Negative, emotionally-toned words which carry implied value judgments that arouse emotions and stir up feelings.
home.earthlink.net /~truth555/BeforeAsk2.html   (5762 words)

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