Outcome 1 Flashcards

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Broadcast transmission and broadcast reception

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Anyone in broad range can hear speech

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Vocal auditory channel

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Human speech had advantages over other forms of communication

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2
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Rapid fading

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Speech signal is transitory which is generally a disadvantage

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3
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Interchangeability

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Any human can say what another can

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Total feedback

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You can hear and feel speech so you can adjust it

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Specialization

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Speech is only used for communications

Digestive and respiratory systems users in speech

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6
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Semanticity

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Human language is able to convey very specific detailed message

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7
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Arbitrariness

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Words don’t connect to objects

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8
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Discreetness

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Language is limited to small number of sounds

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9
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Displacement

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Ability to talk about things remote in place and time

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10
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Creative you can say things never said before

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Productivity

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11
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Duality of patterning

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Finite number of units create infinite meaning

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12
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Traditional transmission

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Capacity for language appears innate

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13
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Reflexivity

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Can use system to talk about itself

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14
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Language

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Medium of human communication for the purpose of cultural transmission.

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