COMM1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Linguistic Determinism, Linguistic Relativity, Idiom
2 Nov 2015
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Exchanging spoken or written language with others during interactions. Language is symbolic: words represent people, objects, events, and ideas. Constitutive rules: vocabulary, which words represent which object. Regulative rules: grammar rules, how we use language when we verbally communicate. Turn taking rules: talking over each other causes misunderstanding. Idioms: words and phrases that have meanings within groups or pairs of people. Partners in a romantic relationship have words that mean something unique to them. Dialects: the creative variations on language rules used by large groups. Different use of the rules associated with words. Different ways of using language across different cultures. How is english spoken differently in england, new zealand, california. Different ways cultures use language to create different meanings. Denotative meaning is the literal meaning of words, as defined by your culture. Connotative meaning is the additional understanding of a word"s meaning based on the situation and on common knowledge.
