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Definitions of language

Definitions of language. Nonsense language test. hitiacumya? 'Is a cat listening carefully?' hitisnosist? 'Is the little girl listening sleepily?' myatsnohiti. 'The cat is listening sleepily.' sisacuhiti. 'A little girl is listening carefully.‘

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Definitions of language

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  1. Definitions of language

  2. Nonsense language test • hitiacumya? 'Is a cat listening carefully?' • hitisnosist? 'Is the little girl listening sleepily?' • myatsnohiti. 'The cat is listening sleepily.' • sisacuhiti. 'A little girl is listening carefully.‘ How does one express the following in this language?: • 'cat'?_________ • 'little girl'?_________ • 'carefully'?_________ • 'sleepily'?_________ • 'a'?_________ • 'the'?_________ • 'is listening'?_________

  3. hitiacumya? 'Is a cat listening carefully?' • hitisnosist? 'Is the little girl listening sleepily?' • myatsnohiti. 'The cat is listening sleepily.' • sisacuhiti. 'A little girl is listening carefully.' • 'cat'?___mya______ • 'little girl'?_sis________ • 'carefully'?__acu_______ • 'sleepily'?___sno______ • 'a'?____-_____ • 'the'?__t (post position)_______ • 'is listening'?___hi ti______

  4. With a sinister tearing noise the large package SPLIT apart. He shrugged his shoulders, wrinkled his face and shook with laughter. Sometimes they open quite easily but usually you need a knife to split them.

  5. My father, SEARCHING for a job, had left Manchester and his parents in 1912. The acres had remained intact, growing in value and not decreasing in number. John Thomas Salt, whose friends seemed to relish using both his forenames, had married Mary Jane Jones from North Cheshire. To us, accustomed to such upheavals, it would seem natural to leave home for a safer haven.

  6. Under the stairs was found the missing PIECE of cake A new car was offered as first prize. He was handed a shovel and given two hours to finish the job.

  7. Can you see the ambiguity in the following sentences? • He kissed the girl in the bus. • They took her flowers. • She commented on the page. • He took down the name.

  8. LANGUAGE AS A SYSTEM • Arbitrary symbols • Patterning • Semanticity • Duality

  9. Children’s language acquisition • 1. "What children say" Jean Berko (1958): wug-wugs, gling-glinged-glang wented, taked, mices, mouses, sheeps ett, kenyért, lót, tégem • 2. "What children don't say" McNeill (1966): CHILD: Nobody don't like me. MUM: No, say "nobody likes me". CHILD: Nobody don't like me. (eight repetitions of this dialogue) MUM: No, now listen carefully, say "nobody likes me". CHILD: Oh! Nobody don't likes me.

  10. LANGUAGE AS A UNIQUE HUMAN CAPACITY • Genetically coded ability: • Unique cognitive system • Unique vocal system • Wiring • LAD • Cultural transmission • Productivity

  11. LANGAUGE AS COMMUNICATION • Two-way interaction, negotiation of meaning • Intentional • Way of expressing info, self, feelings • Way of exchanging ideas • Interchangeability

  12. LANGUAGE AS A SOCIAL PRODUCT • Bonding (phatic communication) • Expressing self, establishing status in community (e.g. keeping a dialect) • Operating social ties and institutions • Recording and passing on info from generation to generation (schooling, literature)

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