興蘭, 秋理 國書, 筱喻 淑真, 富文 美紅, 孟莉 東志, 雅玲 What Is Language?

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興蘭, 秋理 國書, 筱喻 淑真, 富文 美紅, 孟莉 東志, 雅玲 What Is Language?

What Is Language? Linguistic Knowledge Linguistic Knowledge and Performance What is Grammar? Language Universals Animal “Languages” What we know about Language NEXT

What Is Language? We live in a world of language Language is the source of human life and power

Linguistic Knowledge Knowledge of the sound system Knowledge of word Arbitrary relation of form and meaning The Creativity of Linguistic Knowledge Knowledge of Sentences and Nonsentences

Knowledge of the sound system The structure of expression Unconscious knowledge is revealed in non-mother language For Linguistic Knowledge NEXT

Knowledge of words The structure of content Word is sound units are related to specific meaning For Linguistic Knowledge NEXT

Arbitrary relation of form and meaning The relation between sound (form ) and words (meaning ) is arbitrary ( unreasonable) The arbitrary relationship between sounds and words is also true of the sign language Sound symbolism – pronunciation represent the meaning No one speaks in isolated words For Linguistic Knowledge NEXT

The Creativity of Linguistic Knowledge For Linguistic Knowledge NEXT

Knowledge of Sentences and Nonsentences For Linguistic Knowledge NEXT

Linguistic Knowledge and Performance Difference between linguistic competence and linguistic performance

What is Grammar? Mental grammar Descriptive grammar Prescriptive grammar Teaching grammar

Language Universals Sign languages American sign language

Sign Languages Gestures Trademark Religious symbols For Language Universals

Gestures NEXT For Language Universals insultV signderision faux pas luck

Trademark NEXT For Language Universals GoodyearGreyhound Kodak PenguinShell Oil Omega

Religious Symbols NEXT For Language Universals Yin-Yang female-male crescent and star Star of David

American Sign Language NEXT For Language Universals ABCD EFGH

Animal Language Introduction Does an animal have languages? NEXT

Does An Animal Have Language? “Talking” Parrots The spiders The fiddler crab The robins The honeybees

“Talking” Parrots

The Fiddler

The Spiders Crab

The Robins

The Honeybees

What we know about “Language “

The End