WEEK 8 BRAIN & COGNITION- speech and language
Speech production- phonemes are the result of distinct articulator positions.
What defines language? Are humans special?
Many animals communicate- is this language?
13 tests that must be satisfied by communication to be considered language:
1. Auditory vocal channel
2. Broadcast transmission and directional reception
3. Rapid fading
4. Interchangeability
5. Total feedback/ self-monitoring of speech
6. Specialisation
7. Samanticity – conveying meaning
8. Arbitrariness
9. Discreteness
10. Displacement
11. Traditional transmission
12. Duality of patterning
Speech production- phonemes are the result of distinct articulator positions.
What defines language? Are humans special?
Many animals communicate- is this language?
13 tests that must be satisfied by communication to be considered language:
1. Auditory vocal channel
2. Broadcast transmission and directional reception
3. Rapid fading
4. Interchangeability
5. Total feedback/ self-monitoring of speech
6. Specialisation
7. Samanticity – conveying meaning
8. Arbitrariness
9. Discreteness
10. Displacement
11. Traditional transmission
12. Duality of patterning