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Language and Communication
Language and Communication
Animal Communication
o Call Systems
Natural communication systems of other primates (monkeys & apes)
o Sign Language
(Miles 1983) More recent experiments have shown that apes can learn to
use, if not speak, true language.
American Sign Language- widely used by deaf and mute.
* Cultural transmission of a communication system through learning is a
fundamental attribute of language.
Animal Communication
Non-Verbal Communication
o Language
principal means of communicating, but it isnt the only one we use.
Definition (Nonverbal):
- Is the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless (mostly
visual) cues between people.
o Kinesics
study of communication through body movement, stances, gestures and
facial expressions.
Non-Verbal Communication
Examples:
Facial expressions
Body Language
Blushing
Gesture
Touch
Vocal Sounds
Non-Verbal Communication
The theory that human language determine the structure of the real world as
perceived by human beings rather than vice versa, at this structure is different
and incommensurable from one language to another.
Focal vocabulary
o Speech Sound
Figure 4.1
Vowel Phonemes in Standard American English
Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics
o Stratification
Historical Linguistics