CSD 3366- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)

• School: App State
• Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Course: CSD-3366
• Professor: Emily Lakey

Document Summary

Language exists because users have agreed on the symbols to be used and the rules to be followed. Language is a complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols that is used in various modes for thought and communication. Language evolves within specific historical, social, and cultural contexts. Language, as a rule-governed behavior is described by at least five parameters phonologic, morphologic, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic. Language enables users to transmit ideas to one another. La(cid:374)guage(cid:859)s pu(cid:396)pose is to se(cid:396)(cid:448)e as the (cid:272)ode for transmissions between people. Linguistic competence- a language use(cid:396)(cid:859)s u(cid:374)de(cid:396)l(cid:455)i(cid:374)g k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge a(cid:271)out the system of rules: we (cid:373)a(cid:455) k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the g(cid:396)a(cid:373)(cid:373)ati(cid:272)al (cid:396)ules, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s adhe(cid:396)e to them, but the speech is still understandable. Linguistic performance- linguistic knowledge in actual usage: a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s li(cid:374)guisti(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:373)petence is deduced from their linguistic performance, some constraints include socioeconomic status, ethnic background, and region of the country.