AN101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Code-Switching, Kinesics, Proxemics
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An101 chapter 4: language and communicaion (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Language: means of transmitting information and sharing experiences. Linguistics: the modern scientific study of all aspects of language. Phonetics: the study of the production, transmission, and reception of speech sounds. Phonology: sounds: capability to make the sounds in any language; each individual is unique, phonemes: smallest classes of sound that change meaning; minimal-pair test. Morphology: morpheme: smallest unit of sounds that carry a meaning, words: cats and dogs (each with two morphemes; free morphemes) Frame substitution: method used to identify syntactic units of language. Syntax: rules or principles of phrase and sentence making. Body language and extralinguistic noises: at least 90% of emotional information in english is transmitted by body language and tone of voice. Kinesics: system of notating and analyzing postures, facial expressions, and body motions that convey messages. Touch: involves physical contact that transmits messages; meanings variable cross-culturally; some societies are more touch- oriented.
