terminology Flashcards
linguistic competence
The ability for a person to do some either successfully or efficiently
linguistic performance
A persons use of language in actual situations
performance error
errors that are often made by students when they are tired.
speech communication chain
compromises the processes of speech production.
speech communication chain steps
1.Linguistic level ( speaker side)
2Physiological level( articulatory)
3. Acoustic level
4.physiological level (auditory)
5. Linguistic level ( listener side)
noise
a sound , can be both pleasant and unpleasant.
lexicon
book that contains an alphabetical arrangement of the words
mental grammar
all speakers of a language have in their minds , then allows them to understand one another
language variation
there are more than one way of saying the same thing
descriptive grammar
Grammars that lay out different grammatical elements as well as rules of a language.
evidence that writing and language are not the same (list 4 reasons)
-writing is about both content and information
-language is more about speakers and listeners
- written is more formal then language is
- written has way less changes and is more formal then spoken language
reasons some people believe writing to be superior to speech (list 3 reasons)
- writing is more formal then speech
- helps build a bond with both the writer and the listener
- builds respect between the writer and the listener
prescriptive grammar
a set of rules about language based on how people think language should be used.
prescribe
recommend
Charles Hockett’s nine design features (necessary for a communication system to be considered a language) (list)
-arbitrary
-productive
-creative
-systematic
-vocalic
-social
-non-instinctive
-conventional