AN101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Proxemics, Kinesics, Noam Chomsky
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Displacement: describing actions and objects that occurred in another time and place. Language: a system of communication using sounds or gestures put together in meaningful ways according to a set of rules. Symbols: sounds or gestures that stand for meanings among a group of people: open to different meanings, i. e. cross, swastika. Signals: symbols or signs with a fixed meaning: closed only one meaning, i. e. stop and yield signs (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Language capacity: hardwired/innate set of language and communication: productivity: creative aspects of language. I. e. stories, music, poetry: phonology: discreet sounds that make up meanings. Phonemes smallest sounds that alter meaning. Morphemes smallest units to convey meanings. Words and modifiers (dogs: syntax: rules of phrase and sentence structure. Grammar: kinesics: body language, gestures, proxemics: cultural use of space/distance. Sapir-whorf hypothesis: language structures perception: language = culture = beliefs and thoughts (perception, think in linguistic terms. Noam chomsky: thought and language structure the mind.
