Week 1 Flashcards
Modalities of language
Speaking and listening
Writing and reading
Signing
Extralinguistic features
Paralinguistic
Supersegmental devices
Metalinguistic
Nonlinguistic
Paralinguistic features
Goes with language - voice, stress; impacts meaning and intention
Supersegmental devices
Stress etc that commonly accompanies particular sounds
Metalinguistic devices
the ability to discuss language
Non-linguistic
gestures, body language, facial expression
Features of language
rule governed arbitrary discrete productive meaningful displacement
Competence vs performance
performance can be influenced by cognitive abilities (ADHD)
Components of language
Syntax Morphology Phonology Semantics Pragmatics
Syntax
the rules of sentence formation; the components of mental grammar that represents the speaker’s knowledge of the structure of phrases and sentences
* Word, phrase and clause order * Sentence organisation * the relationship between words
Morphology
the study of the structure of words ; components of grammar that includes rules of word formation
Phonology
phonemic units and the process required to ensure their appropriate combination and realisation
Semantics
the study of the linguistic meaning of morphemes, words, phrases and sentences
Pragmatics
The study of language in context
