ANT 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Phatic Expression, Pragmatics
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5 substances of language: phonology- study of sound, morphology- study of word structure, syntax- study of sentence structure, semantics- study of meaning (literal definitions, pragmatics- study of language use (dave has not eaten) Language has many functions: 6 functions of language: Referential- meaning is primarily oriented toward the thing spoken of, context, events. Conative- primarily oriented toward engaging the addressee directly. Poetic- primarily oriented toward the form of message. Phatic- primarily oriented toward the channel of communication (physical or social) Metalinguistic- oriented toward language itself: making meaning (3 things) Signs-vehicles of meanings whatever stands for something else. Interpretants- the outcome of the relationship between the sign and the object. Language ideologies- attitudes, opinions, beliefs, or theories that we all have about language and its speaker: reflects the cultural idea of how relationships should work, index can point to our social status. Habitus- how we are conditioned to think and act in certain ways because of how we learned our culture.
