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Ling Final 3
Washu linguistics kessler
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 3
05/04/2011

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Phatic Communion
Definition
nourishing human connection through act of talking, no matter what it's about
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displacement
Definition
ability to talk about things that are not in the immediate environment (signs)
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Theory of Signs
Definition
relationship between three things: Interpreter, signifying form, signified thing
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symbols
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type of sign where connection between signifier and signified is arbitrary and conventional. (proof that language is arbitrary: homophones are identical symbols for different concepts)
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natural signs (onomatopoeia)
Definition
ex. putrid, mama, pop!
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morph
Definition
minimal unit of meaning
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morpheme
Definition
set of morphs with similar pronunciation and function but differ somewhat depending on the word they are used in (ex. grandCHILD and grandCHILDren are both morphemes of CHILD)
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Free morph
Definition
can appear as a separate, freestanding word (DAG-z)
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Bound Morph
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cannot appear as a separate word (dag-Z or KEP-t)
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Root
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morpheme that expresses the main meaning of a word - can be free or bound
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Apophony
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phones inside the base are changed (sing -> sang), this term can also apply to stress shift or tone shift.
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Conversion
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no overt change at all (water (noun) becomes water (verb))
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Concatenation
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the affix is a string of phonemes that just attaches to the base (re- or -less in English)
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Iconic
Definition
looks like or resembles
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Symbolic
Definition
arbitrary representation
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Recursion
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sentence that contains a sentence that contains a sentence
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Cleft Sentence
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Complex sentence that could be simple - "It is you that I remember"
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Phoenician
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Direct ancestor of Latin Script
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[image]
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Cuneiform (developed by Sumerians)
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[image]
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Chinese (logographic)
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[image]
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Egyptian Hieroglyphics - pictograms (hieratic = simplified version)
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Semasiograms
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signify ideas - numbers, chemical formulas, musical notation.
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[image]
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Ogham - used to write Irish
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[image]
Definition
Mayan
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[image]
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Hangeul - used to write korean
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[image]
Definition
Phoenician script used to write semitic languages. Direct ancestor of Latin language
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Logograms
Definition
signify individual morphemes
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Syllabograms
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signify symbols
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Letters
Definition
Signify phonemes
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Pictographs
Definition
characters that represent objects in the real world.
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Determinative
Definition
a, an, the, this, these, that, each (grammatical category like adjectIVE)
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Agent
Definition
A causer who acts intentionally and cautiously
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Patient
Definition
A person or thing affected by an action, including a thing moved or created
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Experiencer
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A conscious perceiver or feeler. VICTOR loves susan
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Stimulus
Definition
The thing that causes a perception or feeling
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Recipient
Definition
A conscious being who receives or benefits from the action
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SOV
Definition
most common word order in language
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