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Continuity Theory
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theory that language came about from intentional cries of animals
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Hockett's Design Features
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attempts to define language in terms of assumed defined characteristics
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Vocal-auditory channel
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not essential characteristic of language; speaking and hearing are non-directinal (eyes and limbs can be trained on other stimuli while we converse)
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rapid firing
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communication fades rapidly so privacy is enhanced; tell a story many times but good because yu can edit it; social function, you have to get close
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interchangeability
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move closer to essential; speakers ability to reproduce any message that she can understand and content is left undisturbed by reproduction (sometimes limited to one sex)
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total feedback
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hearing everything we produce
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specialization
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usual purpose of human speech is to communicate
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phonemes
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small, separable units of sound; no meaning by itself but can be combined in many ways
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morphemes
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combo of phonemes according to language rules; basic unit of meaning
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duality of patterning
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an infinite number of meaningful words are created from a few phonemic building blocks; not unique to humanity
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