ACS 106 Lecture 4: ACS 106 notes
19 Jan 2017
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Language: two analogy: analogy of chess- (ability to understand the rules) Language is like: chess- includes history, rules, patterns ( does not need anyone to play it) Speech is like: any particular game of chess- being played out. Communication: sending & responding to basic cues/ message. Humans can chemically communicate with each other ( ex. smelling: piano keyboard vs anybody playing the keyboard. Language: are the 88 keys, history, theory etc of the keyboard. Speech: song being played on the keyboard. Communication: song in general, making a melody to get a response (week 2) langauge origins & animal communication: quote. Lanuage is the frail bridge that we ing across the chasm of the inexpressible and in the incommunicable - matisoff ( 1979) When we study human language, we are approaching what some might call the. Human essence, the distinctive qualities of mind that are, so far as we know, unique to (humans)- chomsky,
