The nature of human Language

Human language has the qualities of universality, innatenes and creativity.Grammar defintionLinguistics:PhonologyMorphologySyntaxSemanticsPragmaticsChapter 11, phenomenon by means of language we can perform an action, like invoking thingsLinguistic Signs:Iconic -resemble the things they representIndexical- weathercock to the direction of the windSymbolic- rose to loveFerdinand de Saussure- primer linguista1.3 The rules of language based on grammatical competence (internalized grammar) is perfect, but performance can be quite incomplete.Human language is both innate and learnedChapter 12-- innateness of language1.5 Animal communication codesMost animal language is indexical, based on context of conversation. Iconic, but no symbolic