The use of language and it’s different rules
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The Use of Language and it’s Different Rules/Interpretations
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Language is symbol driven
Each word we use in language Is constituted with its own object/ideaLink to video that compares humans and primates using symbols and how complexity has
grown over time: http://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics/language
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Denotative Meaning
• The actual meaning of a word as it defined in the dictionary
• Ex. Mom which would be your biological mother who actually gave birth to you
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Connotative Meaning
• The different ideas or concepts surrounding a word
• While a connotative meaning of mom could be the woman who raised you, doesn’t have to be of kin to you but still cared for/raised you
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Denotative + Connotative = The Semantic Triangle
Video describing the triangle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVXJ8V-dH-A
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The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
• Co-created by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf
• Is the theory that an individual's thoughts and actions are determined by the language or languages that individual speaks; based off 2 principles:
• Based off (1) lingusitic determinism, which says how we think is formed from our grasp of whatever language we speak
• And (2) linguistic relativism , which states we percieve reality based off the language we speak
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Hayawaka’s Ladder of AbstractionoThe bottom rung represents the most abstractoHigher up you go the more concrete things becomeoGood way to determine how specific you can get
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The Rise of New Abbrievations
• New way of communicating has been created due to the prominence of social networks and online connection
• Examples include OMG (oh my God), HML (hit my line/call me), WYD (what are you doing?), SMH (shaking my head/showing disdain)
• Also the creation of “emojis”, emoticon symbols that started in Japan and have been put on iPhone/Android devices
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Emojis
•http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/3966140/how-emoji-conquered-the-world•Have completely changed the way people interact via text•Ability to convey many more emotions
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Works Cited • “How emoji conquered the world”. Jeff Blagdon. March 4, 2013.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/3966140/how-emoji-conquered-the-world
• The Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2014. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/relativism/supplement2.html
• Human Characteristics: Language & Symbols. Smithsonian Institution. 2014. http://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics/language
• Communication Matters. Kory Floyd. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. New York, NY.
• The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. The Institute for Language Information and Technology at Indiana University. http://linguistlist.org/ask-ling/sapir.cfm#what