ANT253H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neurolinguistics, Ethnography, Psycholinguistics
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Ancient greek philosophers defined language as part of l gos the faculty of human brain that had transformed us from an insentient brute into a rational, sentient creature language = potentially dangerous tool o deception, control over others. Language came from lingua (= tongue) the use of tongue to create (forms of thought=) words or signs. Sign = anything that stands for something other than itself. All languages enable people to name/classify things that are relevant and meaningful to them about 6000 languages spoken in the world today (excluding dialects) 5. resources for making new words and for using language in new ways. Most languages use 20 to 60 vocal sounds. Speech = the use of that system to transmit verbal messages o can be vocal or nonvocal one can have language without language but can"t have speech without language.
