04:189:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pragmatics, Linguistic Determinism, Lev Vygotsky

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: Marie C.Haverfield

Document Summary

Encoding: converting an idea into a message. Decoding: translating the message into an idea (that is more or less intended but not always) Emphasizes the creation and negotiation of meaning o. Focuses on the different ways meaning are attached to messages by senders and receivers. Content: what people are actually talking about. Relationships and identities: how people present themselves o o. Talking with friends vs. talking with my parents. Air passes through our vocal cords that causes the vibrations that produce human voice patterns. The position of the tongue, lips and jaw all impact speech production. What makes human communication different from animal communication: areas of the brain that are necessary for linguistic function. Wernicke"s area: all language use o. Psycholinguistic approach: noam chomsky, universal grammar (ug) What a child can do with help from someone who is fully developed with speech. The way sounds are combined into meaningful units (words: words are made up of different phonemes.