ACS 106 Final: ACS 106 FINAL EXAM REVIEW

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Arts and Contemporary Studies
• Course: ACS 106
• Professor: Jamin Pelkey

Document Summary

Phonetics study of the physical properties of speech (or signed) production and perception. Phonology study of sounds (or signs) as discrete, abstract elements in the speaker"s mind that distinguish meaning. Morphology study of internal structures of words and how they can be modified. Syntax study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences. Semantics study of the meaning of word1s (lexical semantics) and fixed word combinations (phraseology), and how these combine to form the meanings of sentences. Pragmatics study of how utterances are used in communicative acts and the role played by context and nonlinguistic knowledge in the transmission of meaning. Intention (and presupposition) to shame someone for indiscretion: meaning is successful by reaction of audience. ^^^ illocution structure of what lies behind what we say: perlocution (inference) interpreting and participating: laughter amongst bystanders. In each category performatives are examples (much like underlying forms) Bring about the state of affairs they refer too.