PSYCO415 Lecture 3: Pragmatics of Conversation
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Language for association and reinforcement vs language via content. What makes language language is the ability is to make new sentences, at the base of this is a generative rule system. Di erence between grammatically correct and contently correct language. Linguistics: what makes language language is the underlying structure that allows us to makes sentences. Kids everywhere will pick up sometime of language. More than just sending messages back and forth, more of a conversation starter. A collection of real language that is studied. Meaning isn"t in the content its how people convey things. Often they don"t but we expect people to be truthful. Truth not lies are the basis of language. At the base of language there is a principal, it can be violated but only if the basis is there. Something about the practical agreement that makes lies and act even possible.