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Linguistics

Linguistics, Week 1

Question or TermAnswer or Definition
Main 3 ways in which human communication and animal communication are different discrete infinity, displacement, joint attention
Discrete infinity language having a limited set of building blocks that can combine together in near-infinite ways
Example of why human language has discrete infinity and animal language really doesn't Apes have a more limited set of goals, but they cannot combine them to make more and more complicated systems.
Displacement the capability of language to communicate about things that are not immediately present
Joint attention shared attentionality; a set of building blocks enabling coordinated, collaborative interactions
4 characteristics of human language in general 1. there are native speakers 2. one can basically say everything in it 3. recognized by a well-defined group of human beings as their language 4. often have variations
aphasia loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage
2 types of theories on the evolutionary origin of language continuity based theories & discontinuity based theories
What are the 3 most important aspects of human language? That it has native speakers, that one can speak basically everything, and that a group recognizes it as their language
Why are sign languages considered actual languages, even though there is no speech involved? They also have native speakers, have variation & functionality, and they utilize a system with which one can say practically anything
Continuity based theories Theories stressing that human language may have derived from animal language but more complex
Discontinuity based theories Theories stressing that language is a unique human trait that appeared suddenly in the transition to early man
Where is human language believed to have started? East Africa
For how long do most historians suppose languages have been written? Approximately 5,500 years ago
Can linguists truly make languages (i.e. Elvish, Klingon, Na'vi, etc.(? No, because usually constructed languages do not have native speakers
Created by: Leila Thomas
 

 



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