Short answer questions Quiz 1

Speech vs Language vs Communication

Speech

• Verbal or spoken way to communicate

Language

• Socially shared code/system

Communication

• Exchange of info, ideas, needs, desires between 2 or more people

• Collaborative

Form, content, use

Form

• The shape or construction

• Includes syntax, morphology, and phonology

Content

• The meaning of language and words

• Includes semantics

Use

• The social use of language

• Includes pragmatics

Properties of language

Language is a social tool

• It allows people to communicate with each other, share ideas, etc.

It’s generative

• It’s productive and creative

• Indefinite sentences can be created with different combos

It’s rule-based

• It follows sets of rules in order to remain understandable

• EX: adjectives before the noun

It’s arbitrary

• The words for things don’t necessarily have a correlation

• EX: nothing in the word cat would sugest the animal it applies to

Components of language

Five in total

1. Phonology

2. Morphology

3. Syntax

4. Semantics

5. Pragmatics