ANT253H1 Lecture Notes - Vocal Folds, Linguistic Anthropology, Sign System
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Lecture 1: language and linguistics, the sound evokes the object where it is in the room, we connect sound/words to objects. Language is felt by people to be a tool for gaining and preserving knowledge and as a weapon that can lead to misunderstanding and conflict. Panini (indian scholar) showed that many words are made up of smaller pieces: for example: incompletely is made up of in + complete + ly (in and ly are known as the affixes, sign system: red. Langue is the knowledge and to play is parole (more sensitive and responsive to the situation) Lowering of the larynx (prerequisite for vocal language) The lowering of the larynx permits vocal speech by leaving a chamber above the vocal folds that can modify sounds. A child is spoken to after a while, the child speaks. It"s a matter of what we are exposed to that makes the difference.
