ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ferdinand De Saussure, Semiotics, Anthropological Linguistics
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Kalmar: chap er 1. basic concep s: lang age and sign. Ling is s and an hropologis s s dy lang age l ima ely as a universal phenomenon - he "lang age fac l y. " They are in eres ed in par ic lar lang ages s ch as english, vie namese, or swahili as prod c s of. There are many niversal fea res in lang age i. e. no ns, verbs, e c. Lang age need no be spoken e. g. deaf-m es have lang age, b express i o her han vocally. Lang age is an inna e abili y possessed by h mans. Speech, wri ing, and sign lang age are "channels" for sending lang age messages o o hers. Lang age need no be comm nica ed in ernal "speech" exis s, oo. The words we hink wi h segmen and ca egorize a world ha migh o herwise appear o s as p re chaos.
