Communication

Question 1

What is communication>

Answer 1

Any means by which two (or more) individuals exchange information.

Question 2

Paralinguistic techniques?

Answer 2

Non verbal communication such as hand signals, facial expressions, body language, nods, smiles and winks etc.

Question 3

Non-Linguistic communication that do involve vocalisation? (5)

Answer 3

1- Grunts
2- Groans
3- Snorts
4- Sighs
5- Whimpers

Question 4

Arbitrariness?

Answer 4

No resemblance between the language signal and the thing it represents.

Question 5

Displacement?

Answer 5

Being able to communicate about things that are physically and temporarily removed from us.

Question 6

Productivity?

Answer 6

We can use language in novel ways and be creative with it.

Question 7

Discreteness?

Answer 7

Language signals are distinct

Question 8

Semanticity?

Answer 8

Specific signals can be matched with specific meanings

Question 9

Duality of Patterning?

Answer 9

Discrete parts of language can be recombined in a systematic way to create new forms.

Question 10

Do can….?

Answer 10

Dogs can learn to associate ‘food’ or ‘walk’ with particular behaviours

Question 11

Honey bees….?

Answer 11

Dance to indicate where a source of nectar is (Von Frisch 1954)

Question 12

What animals have a grasp of some of the design features of language?

Answer 12

Apes and Bonobo’s like Kanzi