Hockett's design features

In the 1960s, linguistic anthropologist Charles F. Hockett defined a set of features that characterize human language and set it apart from animal communication. ^[1]

11 relations: Animal language, Articulatory gestures, Charles F. Hockett, Complete Feedback, Displacement (linguistics), Double articulation, Kuniyoshi Sakai, Language, Reflexiveness, Semanticity, Sign language.

Animal language

Animal languages are forms of non-human animal communication that show similarities to human language.

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Articulatory gestures

Articulatory gestures are the actions necessary to enunciate language.

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Charles F. Hockett

Charles Francis Hockett (January 17, 1916 – November 3, 2000) was an American linguist who developed many influential ideas in American structuralist linguistics.

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Complete Feedback

Complete Feedback is one of Charles Hockett's 16 Design features of language which states that speakers are able to hear what they are saying.

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In linguistics, displacement is the capability of language to communicate about things that are not immediately present (spatially or temporally); i.e., things that are either not here or are not here now.

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Double articulation

Double articulation, or duality of patterning is a concept used in linguistics and semiotics.

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Kuniyoshi Sakai

is an associate professor at the University of Tokyo.

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Language

Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system.

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Reflexiveness

Reflexiveness is one of Charles Hockett's 16 Design features of language which states that in a language the speaker can use his/her language to talk about language.

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Semanticity

Semanticity is one of Charles Hockett's 16 design features of language.

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Sign language

Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use manual communication to convey meaning.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockett's_design_features

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