Exam 3 Flashcards
Displacement
Ability to talk about something that isn’t here
What is language? (3 things)
Communicate
Teach generations
Understanding of cultures
Definition of language
Symbolic system of sounds with a grammar that makes sense to the people that use it
Words don’t have____ they have _____
Meaning, usage
Closed call system
System of communication that uses a limited number of sounds to convey meaning
Open call system
Uses a limited number of sounds to communicate in a very specific and technological way
2 structures of language
Phonological & grammatical
Phoneme
Smallest unit of sound
Morpheme
Smallest unit of meaning
Two types of morphemes
Bound- only has meaning when attached to another morpheme
Free-has meaning standing alone
Grammar
set of rules (phonemes-> morphemes, morphemes-> words, words-> sentences)
Syntax
Order of words in a sentence
Diglosic
Two versions of the same language that you use depending on the social situation that you’re in
BEV
Black English vernacular
Slang/ street talk
Ebonics
Creole
Cajun & Acadian
