CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ostensive Definition, Meta-Communication, Lifeworld

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 110
• Professor: Gary Mc Carron

Document Summary

1. language acquisition is a product of imitation. Two sides: verbalization ( whimperings and grunts , communication by body movements ( various gestures of my limbs ). Parents teaching words ostensive definition and includes both linguistic and non-linguistic varieties. For instance, seeing someone staring at you intently is generally considered a form of ostensive communication: able to recall this process rather clearly ( i remember this, and i have since observed how i learned to speak ) David crystal no direct knowledge of the origins and early development of language, nor is it easy to imagine how such knowledge might ever be obtained. Cmns 110 oral gestures language as having derived from the sounds spontaneously produced when people encountered specific stimuli. imitate the sounds they heard in nature. chants shape themselves into meaningful words language arose from romance otto jespersen lala theory.