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Name the features that distinguish human language from animal communication
Name the features that distinguish human language from animal communication
Reflexivity, displacement, arbitrariness, cultural transmission, productivity, duality
What are speech acts and what makes it indirect?
What are speech acts and what makes it indirect?
A speech act is an action that involves requesting, commanding, question or informing.
A speech act is direct if the structure use (interrogative) matches the function (question).
It is an indirect speech acts when the structure and function do not allign (a question used as a request: 'Can you pass me the salt?')
What is the difference between an accent and a dialect?
What is the difference between an accent and a dialect?
An accent is restricted to aspects of pronunciation that identify where a speaker is from.
A dialect also describes features of grammar and vocabulary as well as pronunciation.
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