ANT253H1- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
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Can be physiological - body language/use of hands. Language can also be delivered through other mediums. P nini (italian scholar): grammar - language as a system. Took words of sanskrit poetry -> broke them down; rules of how they"re composed. Saw language not as a single unit, but as units made of smaller units. I. e. incompletely = in + complete + ly (classify the parts to have a sign) Morphemes: smallest unit of meaning in any language. Lexical/lexeme: unit of language that can not be subdivided; abstract unit applied to family of words related by meaning or form. L gos: ancient greek: means both word and thought (no thought without a word) Each language = used to solve universal problems of knowledge and social organization. Language attrition: the loss of languages in the world. Reason: need for international/global universals (use one type of language) Language = adapted (we do not come into the world equipped with it)
