the human language: features
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Homework 1
In what countries are these languages spoken? Show them on a world map.
- Catalan: Spain (Catalonia, Andorra, Valencia) S of France
- Guaran: NE of Arg & Paraguay - Javanese: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore - Urdu: Pakistan & India - Punjabi: Pakistan & India (England & Wales) - Persian: Iran, Afghanistan & Tajikistan. - Welsh: Wales
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Homework 2
In what countries is English an official language/predominant?Show them on a map.
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Homework 3
Does language consist of symbolic and/or iconic signs?
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The human language
Language as a sign system
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Symbolic signs in language
tree
(sign)
Phonetic form
/tri:/
Orthographic form
t+r+e+e
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Symbolic signs in language
(sign)
Phonetic form
Orthographic form
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Iconic signs of language
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Relations between signs
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Her last night.
My cooked lasagna yesterday.
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Put these signs in order
Human beings to
often complex
sign meanings together
many put
convey
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So
Syntagmatic relations: words follow one another in order.
Paradigmatic relations: words that go in the sequence from a range of possible alternatives.
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Mediums of language
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Mediums of language
Human language
Auditory-vocal
Visual-inscribed
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But careful!
How many vowels are there in English?
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Design features of human language
Arbitrariness
Displacement
Cultural transmission
Duality
Productivity
Reflexivity
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Homework
For next Monday read
pp. 3 15 from Linguistics (and bring it).
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