LING 1000 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Unit, Verb, Grammar
20 Nov 2018
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Unit 1 its estimated that around 5000 languages are spoken around the world. Form and meaning linguistic ferdinand de saussure pointed out the conventional pairing of the sound (form) and the concept (meaning) For sign language, signs that may have originally been mimetic (similar to miming) or iconic (with a nonarbitray relationship between form and meaning) These signs become conventional so knowing the shape or the movement of the hands does not reveal the meaning of the gestures in sign language. Sound symbolism is found in words who;s pronunciation suggest the meaning (as in the word hiss) Onomatopoeic: sounds of the words imitate the sounds of nature. Knowledge of a language enables you to combine words to form phrases and phrases to form sentences. Creative aspect of language use: knowing a language means to be able to produce a sentence never spoken before and to understand sentences never heard before.
