ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Sign Language, Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Paralanguage
1 Mar 2016
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Displacement: the ability to refer to objects and events removed in time and space (describing actions and objects that occurred in another time and place) This is one of the things that set humans apart from the rest of the animal kingdom; enabled humans to communicate more deeply. Language: a system of communication using sounds or gestures pot together in meaningful ways according to a set of rules. We are programmed to speak, but only in a general way; humans must learn it. Symbols: sounds or gestures that stand for meanings among a group of people. Signal: a sound or gesture that has a natural or self-evident meaning. Smile is a signal of happiness other animals have been able to communicate in the most remarkable ways. Linguistics: the modern scientific study of all aspects of language. Linguistic anthropology has many areas of inquiry, including this one: Morphemes: the smallest units of sound that carry meaning.
