CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dysphemism, Reflectance, Concatenation

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 110
• Professor: Anis Rahman

Document Summary

Di erent types of communication model can lead to di erent outcomes to study communication. Language is not unique to the human species. Dolphins use echolocation to communicate and interact with their environment. Could be referred to as a form of language . Behind humans and involves animals, actions constitute languages. Semanticity- to be able to reproduce a meaning and apply intention to it. Arbitrariness- ability to impose meaning that are not necessarily logical but comes from traditions and customs. Displacement ability to refer to things that aren"t actually present. Displacement: ability to refer to things that aren"t actually present. Productivity; the ability to produce meaning that may not have a sense. Tradition: ability to pass the language from one generation to another. To lie, mislead, or fake intention to communication. Re ectivity: to be able to talk about what you are talking about. Concatenation (duality of patterning): be able to link from one thing to another.