Elang--1

Front 1

What are the 5 features of Human Language?

Back 1

1. Displacement
2. Arbitrariness
3. Productivity (Creativity)
4. Cultural Transmission
5. Discreteness

Front 2

Displacement

Back 2

Not limited to the here and now; we can speak in the past and future tenses, as well as hypothetically.

Front 3

Arbitrariness

Back 3

There is no inherent connection between a linguistic form and its meaning ("Hand" means hand because people agree it does.)

Front 4

2 exceptions to Arbitrariness.

Back 4

1. Onomatopoeia.
2. Sound Symbolism

Front 5

Sound Symbolism

Back 5

When a sequence of sounds becomes associated with a certain class of meaning.

Front 6

snarl, sneer, sneeze, sniff, snivel, snore, snout, snuffle, snot, snicker, snob, snooty.

This is an example of:

Back 6

Sound Symbolism.

Front 7

gleam, glitter, glow, glint, glare, glisten, glimmer, gloss, glaze, glass.

This is an example of:

Back 7

Sound Symbolism.

Front 8

T/F: ASL shows signs of increasing arbitrariness.

Back 8

True.

Front 9

Productivity (or Creativity)

Back 9

We can produce and understand words, sentences, etc. that we've never heard before.

Front 10

Productivity is nonexistent in animals except:

Back 10

Slightly in the bee's dance form of communication (though it is restricted.)

Front 11

Cultural Transmission

Back 11

We learn the language we are exposed to, it has nothing to do with genetics.

Front 12

Does Cultural Transmission apply to people raised by animals?

Back 12

Yes.

Front 13

Do animals have Cultural Transmission?

Back 13

No.

Front 14

Discreteness

Back 14

We can perceive that an utterance is composed of distinct sounds and pieces.

Front 15

Do animals possess Discreteness?

Back 15

No.

Front 16

Exception to a limited degree of animals displaying Discreteness:

Back 16

Dolphins.