ANT253H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anthropological Linguistics, Neogrammarian, Visible Language
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Language linguistic: a means of expression/communication, everything is a sign- interpretation is intuitive, based on meaning, which constantly changes with time. Word language, not sound, but units that bear meaning. Speech (parole: the medium of language is speech, language is content. Critical period puberty when one has to adopt language (learning: up until that point, only exposure is necessary. Port royal grammarians: an all knowing god created the visible world. Language and ethnic character (your upbringing determines your ethnicity the power of culture) von humboldt. Saussure and structuralism foremost linguist: language is made up of minimal differences (opposition, things retain the same structure (triangles) while having oppositions (other types of triangles, langue vs. parole. Conceptual metaphor theory uses concrete experiences to explain ideas (sweet chocolate: chocolate is symbol for love in our culture. Phonology: language as a sound the concurrence of the ear and the voice. Morphology: the study of word formation and how they"re put together to form phrases.
