General Linguistics Chapter 2

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What do you remember of
'The origins of language'

Why are there so many theories about the origins of speech?

1. Because we don't know anything about the origins of writing either
2. Because there is no evidence of how human started to develop the capability of speaking
3. Because there are so many different languages
4. Because speaking is the most difficult skill

Where is the pharynx?

1. Above our voice box
2. Below our voice box
3. Behind our ears
4. Above our teeth

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Human language can refer to language itself

Human language can refer to past and future time and to other locations

No natural connection between linguistic form and its meaning

A language user can manipulate his linguistic resources; open endedness

We acquire language with other speakers  not from parental genes

Language is organised on two levels:

Physical level and Meaning level

Reflexivity

Displacement

Arbitrariness

Productivity

Cultural Transmission

Duality

What makes language so uniquely human? Yule p. 21

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