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ENG1514 UNIT 1: FEATURES OF
LANGUAGES
Arbitration of Language
Different Languages of the word refer to the same thing


(1.1) Conventional
when a speech community agree on what word to call a certain object, those words become
accepted by everyone


(1.2) Arbitration and conventional
without these two everybody would speek one language


Language is Symbolic
Words are arbitrary symbols that have no meaning in themselves
example: when a baby try to talk some people will understand even if they don't know what
the baby try to say

we can only understand a language if we know what it sign stand for
example: use of sign Language by deaf people or traffic signs,


Duality
organization of Language at two levels

Level 1
human mouth produce single words...example I,b,a (doesn't mean anything)
Level 2: we combine sounds to produce meaning, we create words and that words can
create sentences.


Structure dependance
The way word needs to be structured in a meaningful manner and to make sense.

Example:
"Town I going am to"(✖)
"I am going to town"(✔)
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Cultural Transmission

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