LING 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chinese Pidgin English, Great Vowel Shift, Finite Verb
9 Apr 2016
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Components of language: lexicon: elements of language that you must memorize, they are not systemaic, phonology: combines sounds into larger units like words, syntax: Combines words into larger units like phrases and sentences. Words were strung together without proper structure: semanics: relates the meaning of larger expressions to the meaning of their parts, design features of human language, discreteness. Discrete means it is a inite number. Human language is a discrete combinatorial system. A small number of units (phonemes) from old messages can be combined to form new messages. Loudness communicaing anger is not considered discrete: producivity aka creaivity. Exising paterns can be extended to create new expressions. Every human language possesses these two structures: arbitrariness of the sign. B sounds rounded: displacement: ability to communicate about things not immediately present, relexiveness: ability to use language to talk about language. Exclusive to humans: cultural learning: acquisiion of language from the community. Sign languages: possess their own disinct grammar.
