Anthropology 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: International Phonetic Alphabet, Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Morpheme
25 Nov 2016
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Parts of language: vocabulary (lexicon, grammatical structure (grammar, language use (pragmatics, language as a system of signs used in context. [wit] vs. [hwit] and [nuz] vs. [njuz] Bat, sat, mat cup, cap, cop tip, tin, tim. Signi ed: meaning based on both content and use, denotation: reference may not exist. The king of canada: connotation: culturally speci c. White: mourning, death, funerals (chinese: iconicity. Morphology: study of the structure of words and relationships between word parts: morpheme. How do words get constructed: af xation, pre xes: reorder, untie, overcook, suf xes: privatize, washable, enormously, af xation can, change word class or meaning. Syntax: meaning depends on word order, every language has rules in grammar for how words can combine. The house is blue red green old new decrepit: syntagmatic. Putting sentences together: discourse: sequence of sentences or utterances, largest unit of study, of language, language in use, in context, linguistic anthropologists often focus on discourse.
