An Introduction to L ...

Table of Content

Unit 1: Definition of Language & Language Meduims

1.1   Definition of Human Language

1.2   Human Language Concrete Mediums

1.2.1 Definition of Speech

1.2.2 Definition of Writing

1.2.3 The Differences between Speech and Writing

1.2.4 The Primacy of Speech over Writing

Unit2: The Characteristics of Human Language

2.1   Displacement

2.2   Arbitrariness

2.3   Productivity

2.4    Cultural Transmission

2.5   Duality

2.6   Discreteness

Unit3: Talking to Animals

3.1 Talking to Chimpanzees

3.2 Talking to Parrots

Unit4: Fields of the Scientific Study of Human Language

4.1 Phonetics & Phonology

4.2 Morphology

4.3 Lexicology

4.4 Syntax

4.5 Semantics