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10 Cards in this Set
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List the 9 Design features
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mode of communication, semanticity, pragmatic function, interchangeability, cultural transmission, arbitrariness, discreteness, displacement, productivity
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What are the examples of
non-arbitrariness in language. |
onomatopoeia, kiki/bouba, intensity of vowels (teeny)
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Describe discreteness
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Ability to combine discrete units to create larger communicative units.
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Productivity
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Ability to express propositions that have not been expressed before by the combination of discrete units. Unfixed.
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What features are exhibited and what aren't in a honeybees dance
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Yes: Interchange, Discreteness, Displacement (?)
No: Arbitrariness, cultural transmission, productivity |
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What features are exhibited and what aren't in vervet calls
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Yes: Arbitrariness, cultural transmission, interchangeability,
No: Displacement, discreteness, productivity |
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What are some evidence that animals do not have language?
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Limited productivity, must be taught, do not invent languages naturally.
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What is the conclusion of animal communication studies with respect to human languages?
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Animals have a qualitatively different communication system then humans.
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What are some evidence that speech is more basic that writing?
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Archaeological evidence, not every language has a writing system, writing must be taught, neurolinguistic evidence, writing can be edited
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What is the neurolinguistic evidence that speech is more basic than writing?
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The processing and production of written languages is overlaid in the spoken language centers in the brain.
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