CMN 2181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Noam Chomsky, Universal Grammar, Linguistic Determinism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2181
• Professor: Peruvemba Jaya

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Verbal codes refer to spoken or written language. They comprise of a set of rules governing the use of words in creating meaning. Different languages have different rules for ordering words to create meaning. Components of language: phonology: organization of sounds in a given language, morphology: the combination of basic units of meaning, pragmatics: the impact of language on human perception and behaviour. Syntax: the study of grammar and structural rules. The sapir whorf hypothesis: linguistic determinism the way one thinks is determined by the language one speaks. Linguistic relativity linguistic characteristics and cultural norms influence each other. Language provides the conceptual categorizes that influence how its speaker(cid:495)s perceptions are encoded and. )n china, the chinese language has no single words that are equivalent to the english words (cid:494)uncle(cid:495) and (cid:494)aunt(cid:495). )nstead, chinese has different words for your father(cid:495)s older brother, younger brother, mother(cid:495)s older.