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Lingusitcs
quiz 2
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Language - English
Undergraduate 3
01/20/2009

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Term
language
Definition

not all langue is written

there are 7000 languages in the United States

1/2 are writte3n

 

Term
written
Definition

must be taught

everyone must be taught to write

writing can be edited

spontaneous

language is not prescriptive

Term
language vs. acoustic sound symbol
Definition
1.) communicative
Term
language can also be semantic
Definition
symbols have a meaning
Term
without semantics
Definition
language breaks down
Term
interchangeability
Definition
experts can transport and receive communicative signals
Term
cultural transmissions
Definition

you put those two things together

you transmit culture

area you live

Term
arbitrary and non arbitrary language
Definition

it is primarily arbitrary

noting is inherent

at one point we have to describe something

Term
sound symbolism
Definition

for-ev-er

iconic-not arbitrary

you strech it out

expressive phonology

gigantic

why does your tone drobe

discreteness is good

sound parts=phonemes

there are sentences

all language concieve and do things

 

Term
discrete property
Definition
put things together and take it apart
Term
displacement
Definition

dogs cannot talk about hopes

animal communication is a different than human communication

ability to talk about things in an immediate context

what happen to me yesterday

hypotheticals

language is arbitrary  but conventionalized

everything is semantic

semantics has changed

ie-gay

Term
the use of semantics
Definition

sweet

semanticity takes a long time

media has made semanticity change quickly

other linguistic

displacement and discreteness

we are made up of parts

 

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