LINA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Universal Grammar, American Sign Language, Linguistic Universal
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Arbitrary: describes the property of language, including sign language, whereby there is no natural or intrinsic relationship between the way a word is pronounced (or signed) and its meaning. Form: phonological or gestural representation of a morpheme or word. Mimetic: similar to imitating, acting out, or miming. Iconic: nonarbitrary relationship between form and meaning in which the form bears a resemblance to its meaning. Conventional: the agreed-on, though generally arbitrary, relationship between the form and meaning of words. Sound symbolism: notion that certain sounds combinations occur in semantically similar words. Onomatopoeic: words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (meow) In english: many words beginning with gl relate to sight. Creative aspect: speaker"s a(cid:271)ility to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)e the fi(cid:374)ite (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er of li(cid:374)guisti(cid:272) u(cid:374)its of their language to produce and understand an infinite range of novel sentences. Rules of syntax: principles of grammar that account for the grammaticality of sentences, their hierarchical structure, their word order, whether there is structural ambiguity, etc.
