HSS 2102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Robin Lakoff, Personal Pronoun, Linguistics
11 Oct 2016
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We use a complex language that is very powerful. Unique amongst animals: ability to learn words, combine, invent and give meaning to new words. First humans to speak language east africa 150,000 years ago: hyoid bone, the apparatus we need to speak, 500 000 modern language. Career paths can be affected by the way you communicate: well chosen words centre of effective communication. Verbal communication the way in which we use words in a language to generate meaning, regardless of whether we communicate face to face, text to text, cell to cell, or email to email. No two people share exactly the same meaning of the same word: even when a single word is used, different people have different perceptions shaped by their values, experiences and knowledge. Signs and symbols: all language human composition of signs and symbols; words we speak or write, and the system that underlines their use made by people.
