LINA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sign Language, Sound Symbolism, Gesture
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Knowledge of words knowledge: knowing the sounds and sound patterns in our language constitutes only one part of our linguistic, knowing a language is knowing that certain sound sequences signify certain concepts or meanings. The sounds of words supposedly imitate the sounds of nature. Teaching grammars and reference grammars express any though. 75% of spoken english words can"t be read on the lips with any degree of accuracy the meaning redundancies that language has, and context. American sign language(asl: the major language used by deaf people in north america is asl (ameslan, asl is an independent, fully developed language that is an outgrowth of the sign language used in. What we know about language: the investigations of linguists throughout history and the analysis of spoken languages date back at least to 1600 b. c. e. in mesopotamia, a number of facts pertaining to all languages can now be stated:
