Task Linguistics number two
Definitions of the following concepts are mixed up except one, rearrange them accordingly.
Task 2 :
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- Put « True » or « False» and correct the false one :
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1-Language is a set of signs only. |
False |
language as a formal system of signs governed by grammatical rules of combination to communicate meaning. |
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2- Language is meant for communication. |
True |
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3- Human Language has the same components of other creatures’ languages. |
False |
Human Language has not the same components of other creatures’ languages. |
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4-Human language develops. |
True |
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5- Animal language is dual. |
False |
Animal language is not dual besides that Researchers say that animals, non-humans, do not have a true language like humans. However they do communicate with each other through sounds and gestures. |
- Definitions of the following concepts are mixed up except one, rearrange them accordingly.
- Arbitrariness:Language is passed from one language user to the next, consciously or unconsciously.
- Arbitrariness: There is not necessarily a rational relationship between a sound or sign and its meaning, i.e., symbolism. (There is nothing intrinsically "housy" about the word "house".
- Cultural transmission:There is not necessarily a rational relationship between a sound or sign and its meaning, i.e., symbolism. (There is nothing intrinsically "housy" about the word "house
- Cultural transmission:Language is passed from one language user to the next, consciously or unconsciously..
- Discreteness:Languages can be used to communicate ideas about things that are not in the immediate vicinity either spatially or temporally, or both.
- Discreteness : Language is composed of discrete units that are used in combination to create meaning
- Displacement:Language is composed of discrete units that are used in combination to create meaning.