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WEEK 2: Human vs. Animal Communications - Coggle Diagram
WEEK 2: Human vs. Animal Communications
Language vs. Communication
Function of language (as a communication device).
1.1 Characterizing Communication
Communication = transferring information from a source to a receiver.
Semiotics = study of signs.
Signifier (representation of the information).
Signified (represented by the
signifier)
3 Types of Signs:
Iconic Signs
Clear resemblance to their referent.
Indexical signs
Design features of language
1. Interchangeability
Send & receive messages.
2. Feedback
aware of what and how they are communicating
3. Specialization
designed for communicative purposes
4. Semanticity
fixed set of signs
A lexicon: a bunch of sound - meaning pairings.
5. Arbitrariness
majority of signs = arbitrary to what they signify.
Ideophones
words = evoke an idea by sound.
6. Discreteness
signs = made up of discrete (non - graded) units.
7. Displacement
language refers to palces distant in place or time
Communication = stimulus - bound.
8. Productivity
9. Duality of Patterning