week4 Flashcards
phonetics
the sound level of language, material phenomena, phones
articulatory
production of speech sounds
acoustic
the physical production and transmission of speech
auditory
perception of speech sounds
phonology
study of sound system - abstract
phoneme
the smallest sound unit in a language (no meaning)
allophone
different forms of phoneme
phone
individual sound in speech
language as a structured system
stylistic level, syntactic level, lexical level, morphological level, phonic level
context
referred to the referent by the addressee, verbal or capable of being verbalized
code
fully or partially common to the addresser/addressee (encoder/decoder)
contact
a physiological channel and connection between addresser and addressee to stay in communication
functions of language: emotive
focused on the addresser, on emotions - expression of the speaker´s attitude toward what are they saying
functions of language: conative
purest grammatical expression in the vocative and imperative - Run. Walk.
functions of language: phatic
purpose of prolonging the conversation
functions of language: metalingual
using language to ask about language
functions of language: poetic
not focusing only on communication but it has to sound good, be pleasingly written/spoken
functions of language: referential
expresses facts