Samenvatting Flow, hoofdstuk 1

Question 1

Why look at language?

Answer 1

• Everyone uses language
• Language is pretty complex
• Language use happens quickly, without too much effort or errors
• Often, we don’t realize what we do when we use language
• Language is interesting, funny, beautiful, evocative

Question 2

Definition of language

Answer 2

A system of form-meaning pairings that can be used to** intentionally communicate**
meaning
* System: there is structure to the madness (each language has a set of words,
set of rules, set of patterns, etc.)
* Form-meaning pairings : of different sizes, at various levels of specificity
* Use: different modalities, production and perception
* Intentionally : producer wants to achieve something
* Comunicate meaning: various communicative goals