CMNS 1115 Lecture Notes - Spoken Language, Arbitrariness, Concatenation
Document Summary
Rapid fading: spoken language disappears quickly, writing stays on the page, read it over & over again. Interchangeability: changing of positions (eg. ms. liu in class is a teacher, outside of class she is a friend, always demanding the assumption of particular social rules, interaction model. Intrapersonal feedback: listen to yourself and give yourself feedback (make adjustments accordingly) Semanticity: spoken language is meaningful, derived from semen because it was important back then. Arbitrariness: when human spoken language is created, all languages are arbitrary, share the same meaning. Displacement: talking about something that you can"t see, language is displacement, speak of things not locale. Productivity: not limited, language is infinitely productive. Tradition: language is subject to tradition, can be taught and passed on. Prevarication: fancy word for lying, to not tell the whole truth, to be polite/achieve social interest, subserviant to social interest. Reflectivity [meta-communication: use language to talk about language, meta-comm. Concatenation (duality of patterning: chaining things together (link together)
