1. Linguistics Study of Language
Language is a system of vocal symbols by means of which human beings interact in terms of their culture.

2. Linguistics Study of Language The three S’s of language:
No language uses all sounds humans can make.
Phonology, Phonetics, Phonemics
Sound
Phonemes - “packets” of similar sounds recognized as same sound.
Grammar; syntax - rules to put sounds together
Shape
Morpheme - basic unit of sound to which meaning has been attached.
Morphology stydy of shape of language
Sense
All languages make sense to the people who use them…They are equal in this regard.
Semantics - study of sense (meaning).
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

3. Linguistics Chronemics Olfactics Haptics Kinesics Proxemics Oculesics
In many other cultures, time is
time is experienced polychronically
rather than sequentially.
Time in US is a sequence….a commodity
to be spent, used, wasted….
The study of meanings, usage
and communication of time.
Chronemics
Olfactics
Concerned with systems of smell….
Linda Buck and Richard Axel Noble Laureates…about 1/3 of human genotype devoted to smell.
Jacobson’s Organ (Vomeronasel Organ)…pheromones… Menstrual Synchrony and Suppression, by Martha McClintock (1971)
Communication through the skin….i.e.
Touching by Ashley Montague.
Tactile Display: the skin responds to several distributed physical quantities; the most important are perhaps high-frequency vibrations, small-scale shape or pressure distribution, and thermal properties.
Teleoperation; Psychophysics
Haptics
Bodily movement, facial expression, etc.
Ray Birdwhistell is pioneer
Kinesics
Proxemics
Communication by use of space….
Edward T. Hall’s work, for example
Communication involving the eyes…including eye contact, blinks, eye movements, and pupil dilation (has received marginal attention by intercultural communication scholars). Eye contact is referred to as “an invitation to communicate.”
Oculesics
Includes paralanguage…
It’s not what you say, it’s
the way you say it.
Metalanguage/Vocalics