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LING 1
Intro, Register & Style
Question | Answer |
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sign | a representation that points to an idea |
referential meaning | what signs refer to |
indexical meaning | what signs tell you about the speaker |
descriptive grammar | a description of the rules native speakers implicitly know |
grammatical competence | a speaker’s implicit knowledge of the rules of the /structure/ of their native language |
communicative competence | a speaker’s implicit knowledge of the rules of the /use/ of their native language. |
Name the "three faces of language" | Expression, Meaning, Context |
Name the 3 kinds of signs | Arbitrary, Non-arbitrary, Representational (can you define these?) |
Name the 4 unique traits of human language (Hint: ADDP) | Arbitrariness, Discreteness, Displacement, Productivity |
register | the set of signs characteristic of a speech community or situation. |
linguistic repertoire | the set of language varieties controlled by a community or speaker. |
Name the 3 major aspects of a speech situation (context) | Purpose, Setting, Participants |