ANTHRO 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Paralanguage, Hopi Language, Kinesics
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Details of a language"s vocabulary and grammar the role of language in people"s lives both as individuals and as communities. Section 1: what is language and where does it come from? language: system of communication organized by rules that uses symbols such as words, sounds, and gestures to convey information. All living things have way to communicate but these ways aren"t all necessarily language. Human language complex system that involves combination of small, meaningful elements into larger syllables, words, and sentences following certain rules but with infinite variations. Sounds and gestures with symbols that have historical and cultural meaning flexible and creative adapts to changes in human life and environment: the origins of human language. Primatologists study language use and communication with apes. Nonhuman primates lack physical apparatus to create sounds and human speech language reflects productivity can use known words to invent new word combinations.
