SAR SH 524 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Proto-Language, Nonverbal Communication, Phoneme
20 Feb 2019
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De nition of language: the systematic and conventional use of sounds, signs or written symbols for the purpose of communication or self-expression. A scream is more instinctive and a grunt is more controlled. It is protolanguage in the sense that if it used a lot, and it becomes a convention, it can become part of language. Most of music is rule-governed, we have symbols that are arbitrary to represent music, it is. English has 44 phonemes = consonants + vowels. How sounds combine to form words (pling but not gnilp) How to in ect a word to change its meaning. E. g. shop, shopped, will shop, have been shopping. John kissed mary vs mary kissed john. How to appropriately and effectively communicate with others. Form: building blocks of language (word order, word endings, speech) Content: word meanings, the way word meanings link together, sequencing. Use: conversation, social rules, matching language to the situation. Pragmatics (use of language in a social context)
