COMM - Language

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Language

A structured system of symbols used for communicating meaning.

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Language is…

Symbolic, usually arbitrary, and governed by rules.

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The four rules that govern language are...

Phonological rules, syntactic rules, semantic rules, and pragmatic rules.

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Semantic triangle (Symbols, Referents, and Reference/Thought)

To illustrate the relationship between words and their denotative and connotative meanings.

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Symbols

The word itself.

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Referents

The objects, events, ideas, and things themself.

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Reference

The meanings we assign to a referent based on our experience with it.