Key Terms - Chapter 4 Encoding Messages: Spoken Language Flashcards
LANGUAGE
A rule-governed symbol system that allows its users to generate meaning and, in the process, to define reality.
SIGN
Is the vehicle for this expression. It consists of two parts: the private idea located solely in the mind of a communicator (known as the signified); and the form in which the idea is expressed (or the signifier).
SYMBOL
Differs from other signs in that it is arbitrary and conventional.
LINGUISTIC PRODUCTIVITY
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SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS
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LINGUISTIC DETERMINISM
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LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
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NEOLOGISM
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REAPPROPRIATION
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PHONOLOGY
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PHONEMES
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SEMANTICS
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MORPHEME
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SYNTACTICS
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PRAGMATICS
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SPEECH ART
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