ANTH 1010H Lecture : Cultural Anthropology - Introduction to Language and Non-verbal Language
8 Jul 2014
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Symbol or sign something that stands for or means something else. Referent set of letters or figures that identify somebody or something. Icon/iconic signifier is perceived as resembling or imitating the signified. Index/indexical signifier is not arbitrary but is directly connected in some way to the signified. Symbol/symbolic signifier does not resemble the signified. Language system that prescribes how the symbols can be meaningfully combined. Productive symbols can be combined in novel and infinite ways. Therefore language can express displacement language referring to events or things not in present time or space. Phonetic patterning sounds are combined into syllables and words without regard for what these combinations mean. Syntax or grammatical patterning words are combined into phrases or sentences. In the same way as culture: categorizes perceptions into sounds and words, establishes rules for understanding and responding to experiences, all languages are equally functional, all languages are capable of expressing a full range of human thought,
