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| All species communication depend on? |
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| In what 3 ways is human language distinct from animals? |
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Conventionality
Productivity
Displacement |
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| allows us to create new words, assign meaning, change meaning. |
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| (the making) human language is infinitely productive |
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| talking about something that is not happening atm. (present past and future) |
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| Charles Hockett says that human language: |
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Evolved in 2 steps:
Combination of old calls=new ones
arrangements blended sounds=limitless # of words |
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| Language is part of childhood development stage |
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| That language is an instinct |
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| group of ppl social norms and rules for lang use. |
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| human brain and body are biologically adapted for language |
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| Noam Chomsky: Universal grammar |
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| rules, principles, conditions that underline all lang |
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| how you create into sounds meanings |
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| structure of lang: language consists of 4? |
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Phonology
morphology
syntax
semantics |
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| descriptive or structural linguistics: |
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| study of the structure of a lang & content, rules that structure the lnag |
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| few morphemes & simple rules for combination |
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| Many morphemes & highly regular rules for combining; lot of single morphemes |
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| Many morphemes & complex highly irregular rules for combination. |
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| grammar that arranges words to form phrases & sentences |
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| total stock of words in a lang |
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| subsystem of a lang relate form to meaning |
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| you can create a setting with speech |
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| different types of one lang |
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| Perception & understandings are conditioned by lang |
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