Design features of language Isl/: a)."slippery":slide=slip=slither,slush=sludge b).“pejorative sense”:slattern=slut(懒妇)， sloppy(脏的)，sly,slovenly(懒散) /sk/shows the contact between surfaces:skate, ski,skin,skim,skid(打滑). -are suggests "big light or noise":blare,flare, stare,glare, -ump suggests something round:plump(丰满的)， chump(厚肉块)，hump,rump,dump,mumps, stump
Design features of language /sl/: a). “slippery”: slide= slip= slither, slush=sludge b). “pejorative sense”: slattern=slut (懒妇), sloppy (脏的), sly, slovenly (懒散). /sk/ shows the contact between surfaces: skate, ski, skin, skim, skid (打滑). -are suggests “big light or noise”: blare, flare, stare, glare, -ump suggests something round: plump (丰满的), chump (厚肉块), hump, rump, dump, mumps, stump
Design features of language b.duality: --the property of having two levels of structures,units of the primary level (e.g.words with meaning)being composed of elements of the secondary level (e.g. sounds with no meaning)and each level having its own principles of organization. two sets of structures: one of the sounds which is physical,external the other of meaning which is internal and abstract
Design features of language b. duality: --the property of having two levels of structures, units of the primary level (e.g. words with meaning) being composed of elements of the secondary level (e.g. sounds with no meaning) and each level having its own principles of organization. two sets of structures: one of the sounds which is physical, external the other of meaning which is internal and abstract
Design features of language c.creativity: The creativity of language lies in two facts: 1)The speaker of a language is able to combine the linguistic units to form an infinite number of sentences (most of which are never before produced or heard). 2)Language has its own potential to create endless sentences--the recursive nature of language. The cat killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that was built at the foot of a mountain that
Design features of language c. creativity: The creativity of language lies in two facts: 1) The speaker of a language is able to combine the linguistic units to form an infinite number of sentences (most of which are never before produced or heard). 2) Language has its own potential to create endless sentences--the recursive nature of language. The cat killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that was built at the foot of a mountain that…