LING 1200 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Morpheme, Verb, Noun
20 Nov 2018
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**on the test: design features of language (all fall under communication systems) What is communication: any means by which two or more individuals exchange information. Hand signals, facial expressions, body language, nods, smiles, winks, etc. Not all produced sounds are intended to convey messages, so they aren"t communication. Pragmatic function: all systems of communication serves some useful purposes, helping the individual to stay alive, starting up a conversation. Important in language: there are some communication systems of animals that are only one direction (one way) are not interchangeable, ex) female silkworm: able to communicate pheromones to helps males locate them. "bed" - french: borrowed , duality of patterning, 50 different sounds in the english language, language signals occur on 2 levels. "cat" --> symbols are meaningful, discrete, and arbitrary. /k/ /ae/ and /t/ sounds can be also recombined into different and larger. "building blocks: language is composed of discrete units that are used in combination to create meaning.
