ANT253H1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Italian Language, Marcel Danesi, Grammar
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Socio-linguistics: the study of language as an intrinsic part of social systems. Linguistics: the study of thought and speech. Lexicon: collection of meaning-bearing forms, the potential stock of all lexemes in a language: key to understanding social systems, both their origins and their current constitution. De-centre language: bring back images, disconnected, cubist movement, movement of expressionism was based on anti-linguistic. Buddhist meditation is another way of saying let me get rid of language. Incompletely in - complete ly ( complete is part of the meaning-bearing forms, called the lexicon ) in and ly are grammar: taught by panini. Logos: greek word that means both word and reason or mind , faculty united thought and speech. Each language is used to solve universal problems of knowledge and of social organization. If languages die, we are shrinking our cultural sphere. Sister languages" : understand the diaspora, no culture without language.
