The diminishment of language is purposeful, of course (though a poke in the eye nonetheless), and it is furthered by other factors.
At such joyous times, Nana's unprintable language is suddenly purposeful.
For most of the last millennium weather events have been understood as the purposeful language of heaven, sequels to the first dire flood.
That is to say, on the nativist view, language as the purposeful manifestation of inner life arose from behavior which was originally altogether unintended.
Because language generation is a purposeful activity motivated by internal goals, it is difficult to draw a boundary between goal-directed thinking and the ensuing production of linguistic output.
Trethewey and Hongo emphasized that civic participation at its best is grounded in purposeful, thoughtful language.
We have used the term "rhetorical strategy" here in the theoretical sense to indicate language strategies that are purposeful, are targeted towards a particular audience, and serve a persuasive function.
The organizers are very purposeful about their language, framing, and event organization to set the tone that hackers are addressing design challenges with co-designers, not for co-designers.
The show's purposeful purpling of the language is never condescending or mean; it's fun.
Donald Trump doesn't seem to believe in these lessons and seems to be careless with his language choices, or, perhaps, he is purposeful, but that concerns me even more.
