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7 Cards in this Set
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Define "communication".
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Communication is the sending and receiving of information, ideas, feelings, or messages.
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Define "language".
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Language is a system of abstract symbols and rule-governed structures, the specific conventions of which are learned.
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Define "speech" in contrast to language.
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Speech is the oral expression of language.
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Explain Charles Hockett's concept of "semanticity" as a design feature of language.
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Most animals communicate general messages, but humans can convey very specific messages because words have a relatively stable relationship with the things they represent.
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Explain Charles Hockett's concept of "displacement" as a design feature of language.
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Displacement refers to the fact that humans can talk about things that are distant in time and/or space.
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Explain Charles Hockett's concept of "traditional transmission" as a design feature of language.
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The suggestion in this feature is that speech is instintive in humans. We have a genetic or biological capacity for language so powerful that few environmental factors can stop the acquisition of speech.
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List the six steps in the Speech Chain.
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1. The speaker decides what he wants to say and creates a message.
2. The message is put into language form. 3. Speech 4. sound waves 5. Sound waves received by listener. 6. Listener's brain interprets the message. |
