EC 3322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Communicative Competence, Socioeconomics, Pragmatics
19 Jun 2019
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Language socially shared code for representing concepts, using arbitrary symbols and rule- based combinations of those symbols. Dialect variations of the parent language that are the result of some sort of isolation; influenced by geography, ethnicity, and socioeconomics; language-rule system that varies from the standard. Communication the process of exchanging information, ideas, needs and desires. Communicative competence the degree to which a speaker is successful in communicating. Context the cultural and situational influences speaker behaviors and listener interpretation. Intonation the use of pitch and rate changes to influence meaning. Startle response response to loud sounds, fades by six months of age. Locating sound, emerges by six to nine months of age. First true word around twelve months of age. Generative able to come up with new and creative utterances. Reflexive able to reflect on or think about what is said. Language form syntax, morphology and phonology (the structure of language/rules governing sound)
