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Language and Language and LinguisticsLinguisticsDurrenberger and EremDurrenberger and Erem
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5 Characteristics of 5 Characteristics of Human LanguageHuman Language
DisplacementDisplacement OpenOpen DiscreteDiscrete duality of patterningduality of patterning arbitrary, learned, traditionalarbitrary, learned, traditional
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EticEtic
From linguistics—sounds people really From linguistics—sounds people really makemake
toptop
potpot
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What English speakers What English speakers hear:hear:
The “t” of “pot” and “top” are the The “t” of “pot” and “top” are the samesame
The “p” of “pot” and “top” are the The “p” of “pot” and “top” are the samesame
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The real sounds are:The real sounds are:
TThhopop PPhhotot
For many langauges, TFor many langauges, Th h is a separate is a separate sound from T and has a different sound from T and has a different letter of the alphabetletter of the alphabet
Same for PSame for Ph h and Pand P
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phonphoneticetic
Means the sounds we actually make—Means the sounds we actually make—they may be different, but sound the they may be different, but sound the
same to ussame to us
Click LanguagesClick Languages
Text-to-Speech translatorText-to-Speech translator
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PhonPhonemicemic
Is the sounds we hear as being the Is the sounds we hear as being the same, whether they really are the same, whether they really are the
same or notsame or not
Examples?Examples?
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Emic/EticEmic/Etic
Etic=the things we can know Etic=the things we can know scientifically, without reference to scientifically, without reference to anyone’s culture—color wheelanyone’s culture—color wheel
Emic=the categories people recognize Emic=the categories people recognize and use in their culture—categories and use in their culture—categories of colorof color
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Are there any limits on Are there any limits on cultural variation?cultural variation?
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Brent Berlin & Paul KayBrent Berlin & Paul Kay
Do people from different cultures see Do people from different cultures see different colors?different colors?
Or do we all see the same colors Or do we all see the same colors because of our evolutionary history?because of our evolutionary history?
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People can see and name a lot of People can see and name a lot of colors, but of these, 11 are focal colors, but of these, 11 are focal points of the system of naming points of the system of naming colors.colors.
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11 basic color terms in 3 11 basic color terms in 3 groupsgroups
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achromatic achromatic black, gray, white black, gray, white
primaryprimaryred, green, blue, yellowred, green, blue, yellow
secondarysecondarybrown, orange, purple, pinkbrown, orange, purple, pink
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Paul Kay (linguistics, University of Paul Kay (linguistics, University of California at Berkeley)California at Berkeley)
Terry Regier (psychology, University of Terry Regier (psychology, University of Chicago)Chicago)
Richard Cook (linguistics, University of Richard Cook (linguistics, University of California at Berkeley)California at Berkeley)
John O'Leary (computer science, John O'Leary (computer science, University of Chicago) University of Chicago)
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Sometimes there’s a lot of variation Sometimes there’s a lot of variation among cultures—e.g. sounds for among cultures—e.g. sounds for languagelanguage
Sometimes there’s not much variationSometimes there’s not much variation—e.g. focal color terms—e.g. focal color terms
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Focal colors in 110 languages
Black dots represent English categories
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Etic=what’s really thereEtic=what’s really there
E.g. color chart, phonetic soundsE.g. color chart, phonetic sounds
Emic=the categories people Emic=the categories people recognize and userecognize and use
E.g. in English TE.g. in English Th h = T Ph h =P
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SociolinguisticsSociolinguistics
Gendered speechGendered speech