terminology

Question 1

accidental gap

Answer 1

a word or form that is structurally or grammatically acceptable in a given language, but which has no meaning assigned to it

Question 2

arbitrary

Answer 2

the property of language, including sign language, whereby there is no natural or intrinsic relationship between the way a word is pronounced (or signed) and its meaning.

Question 3

code

Answer 3

a medium trhough which signs are created

Question 4

decode

Answer 4

the process whereby a receiver assigns meaning to the different words and signs in a message in order to make sense of it

Question 5

descriptive grammar

Answer 5

a description or model of the mental grammar, including the units, structures, and rules. the descriptive grammar is an explicit statement of what speakers know about their language

Question 6

encoding

Answer 6

the process whereby a sender selects and combines words and signs into a message

Question 7

what does the messagemodel assume about the function of language

Answer 7

the message model of communication assumes that language is ALWAYS used to communicate, but only inclydes the representational function. In this way it is very limiting

Question 8

what is the process of linguistic communication according to the message model of communication

Answer 8

1. a sender (speaker, writer, signer) will take their inperceptable thought or idea and “send” it to the receiver through a code (perceptable sounds, writing, sign) which the receiver is able to interpret
2. language is the means/instrument which makes encoding and decoding possible

Question 9

encoding

Answer 9

the ‘transfer’ or ‘packaging’ of inperceptible toughts and ideas into a perceptible code

Question 10

decoding