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SHS 120
SHS 120 at UIUC with Prof Craven
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Language - Other
Undergraduate 1
03/20/2010

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Communication

Definition

 

The sending and receiving of information, ideas,feelings, or messages.

 

We transmit messages of all kinds by speech, the written word, Morse code, semaphore flags, Braille, facial expressions, gestures, art, music, dance, the clothes we wear, etc.

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Language

Definition

Language is a system of abstract symbols and rule-governed structures,  the specific conventions of which are learned.

 

Language may be sounds, written letters, etc.

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Speech

Definition

Speech is the oral expression of language.

 

Difference from language:

 

Parrots can produce speech but not language.

 

Mute children can produce language without speech through signing.

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Echolalia

Definition
Echolalia: 18-24 month old children, imitatation of words or phrases in the absence of understanding of what they are saying
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Pragmatics

Definition
Knowledge of how to use a language.
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