ENG ELC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Phatic Expression, Animal Communication, Arbitrariness
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Definition: means to express and exchange ideas, knowledge, information based on cognitive processes, socially conditioned, subject to historical development. Name two of jakobson s language functions and give one example each. Design features of language features of language or defining characteristics of human lge: Possible exam question: there are several aspects in which human language differs from animal communication. Describe briefly what is meant by displacement, creativity and one other aspect of your choice. = features that differentiate human language from animal lges (which might have some but not all features!: sound signals. Produced by vocal auditory channel, broadcast transmission and directional perception: arbitrariness: No recognizeable link between signal and message (except onomatopoetic words: need for learning / cultural transmission: Transmission of usage codes from community to individual, different from innate automatical knowlegde (eg bee-dancing) Humans have genetic predisposition that is activated through exposure to lge.
