PHYS 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arbitrariness, Iconicity, Formal Language
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1. 4. 1 how to identify language when we come across it. Linguist charles hockett designed a list that identifies descriptive characteristics of language-design features. The means by which messages are transmitted and received. Semanticity: the property requiring that all signals in a communication system have a meaning or function. Communication systems must serve some useful purpose (pragmatic function) Set phrases serve to acknowledge the other person or initiate a conversation, which are both necessary tasks for the maintenance of our social structure. Refers to the ability of individuals to both transmit and receive messages. Each individual can both produce messages (by speaking or signing) and comprehend the messages of others (by listening or watching) There are aspects of language that we can acquire only through communicative interaction with other users of the system. Children will learn the languages and dialects that other people use to interact with them. 1. 4. 7 arbitrariness: arbitrariness in language i. ii. iii. iv.
