week3

Question 1

micro function: physiological

Answer 1

to release physical energy

Question 2

micro function: phatic

Answer 2

purpose of sociability

Question 3

micro function: recording

Answer 3

to provide record

Question 4

micro function: identifying

Answer 4

to identify and classify things

Question 5

micro function: reasoning

Answer 5

an instrument of thought

Question 6

micro function: communicating

Answer 6

as a means of communication of feelings and ideas

Question 7

micro function: pleasure

Answer 7

to give delight

Question 8

linguistic sign

Answer 8

signifier = word (tree)
signifiant = object (actual tree)
arrows = mutual relation between each other

Question 9

arbitrariness

Answer 9

no direct relationship

Question 10

linearity

Answer 10

signs are equal

Question 11

discreteness/discontinuity

Answer 11

each sound is treated as discreet

Question 12

designation

Answer 12

relation between meaning and the referent

Question 13

signification

Answer 13

relation between the meaning and the form (word)

Question 14

denotation

Answer 14

relation between a word and referent

Question 15

language

Answer 15

human ability to use human language

Question 16

langue

Answer 16

a system of rules observed by all speakers of the community - social phenomenon

Question 17

parole

Answer 17

an individual phenomenon, manifested by langue and uttered by an individual speaker at the given moment

Question 18

difference between dualistic and bilateral

Answer 18

D: realisation and representation - 2 can be separated
B: 2 sides of coin - cannot be separated

Question 19

onomatology

Answer 19

study of historical words

Question 20

onomasiology

Answer 20

study of expression, how to express sth

word->description

Question 21

semasiology

Answer 21

contradict to onomasiology

description->word