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What is the design-feature that refers to the sounds being emitted from the mouth and perceived by the auditory system?
What is the design-feature that refers to the sounds being emitted from the mouth and perceived by the auditory system?
Which design-feature of human language allows for communicating about things or events that are distant in time or space?
Which design-feature of human language allows for communicating about things or events that are distant in time or space?
What does 'interchangeability' as a design-feature imply regarding utterances?
What does 'interchangeability' as a design-feature imply regarding utterances?
In the context of human language design-features, what is mainly involved in the concept of 'total feedback'?
In the context of human language design-features, what is mainly involved in the concept of 'total feedback'?
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Which design-feature indicates that language is an open system capable of generating an infinite number of different messages?
Which design-feature indicates that language is an open system capable of generating an infinite number of different messages?
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What design-feature points out that there is a fixed relationship between a signal and its meaning?
What design-feature points out that there is a fixed relationship between a signal and its meaning?
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Design-Features of Human Language
- Human language uses a vocal-auditory channel, where sounds are emitted from the mouth and perceived by the auditory system.
- Language signals are transitory, meaning they last a short time, a characteristic shared by all sound-based systems.
- Interchangeability is a key feature, where all utterances that are understood can be produced.
- Total feedback is possible, as the sender of a message also perceives the message, allowing self-monitoring.
- Language signals are specialized for communication and are not a side effect of some other behavior.
- Semanticity ensures a fixed relationship between a signal and its meaning.
- The relationship between a signal and its meaning is arbitrary, determined by convention or instinct, rather than an inherent connection.
- Language is composed of discrete units (e.g., phonemes), which can be combined to create different messages with distinct meanings.
- Displacement allows language to communicate about things or events distant in time or space.
- Language is an open system, enabling the production of a potentially infinite number of different messages through the combination of elements.
- Language is transmitted culturally, requiring each generation to learn the system of communication from the preceding generation.
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Test your knowledge on the fifteen design features of human language as proposed by Charles Hockett in 1960. Explore concepts such as vocal-auditory channel, rapid fading, interchangeability, total feedback, and more.
