LACS- language

• language


  system of communication that involves the use of symbols such as word and gesture to convey meaning.
• language 


  enable individuals to express thoughts, emotion and ideas to understand and interpret message of others.
• Yule (2022)


  defined communication as a system of vocal symbols that is used for communication
• Fromkin, Roman, Hyams (2018)


  language is words and rules of grammar.
• Phonology 


  the branch of linguistics that deals with systems of sounds
• Articulatory phonology


  how our lips, tongue and vocal chords work together to produce sounds.
• Acoustic phonology


  sound waves we make when we talk, and how sounds are scientifically analyzed.
• auditory phonology


  how we listen to understand sounds through our ears and brains.
• Functional phonology


  focused on how these sound help us to communicate
• culture


  shared beliefs, values and customs behaviors that characterized a particular group of people.
• beliefs and values


  guide the behavior and decision making of individuals within a culture. includes religious belief, moral values and ethical standards.
• customs and tradition

  rituals, ceremony and practices that are passed down from generation to generation
• language


  encompasses both spoken and written forms.
• social norms


  shared expectation and rules govern within a society.

  norms define acceptable and unacceptable conduct
• arts and expressive form


  arts, music, literature, dance that reflect values and aesthetics
• institutions

  structures and organizations within a society. includes family, educational government and religious institutions
• material culture


  tangible artifacts, tool, clothing architecture created and used by a culture reflecting its way of life
• morphology


  study of words, how they are formed.
• morphology

  analyze structure of word and parts of words such as stems, root word, prefixes and suffixes also part of speech, intonation and stress.
• morpheme


  most elemental grammatical unit in the given language. a single words maybe composed of one or more morphemes.
• semantics


  study of meaning of words
• lexical meaning


  words and meanings. relationship among words.
• phrasal/sentential semantics


  syntatic units larger than a word
• syntax 


  system of rules for the formation of sentence
• syntax


  we put words in order to create meaning
• syntax


  utterance must be grammatical to be considered a possible sentence
• pragmatics


  study of language in use
• pragmatics


  how utterance are used in communicative situation
• socialization


  individuals learn and internalize the values, norms and behaviour of their society. primarily through interactions with family and friends.
• interaction and communication


  communicate and interact with one another
• social institution


  organized system and structures within a society that fulfill specific function
• social structure

  patterned relationship and roles that individuals occupy within a society.
• social change


  societies are dynamic and undergo continous change over time
• social institutions


  organized system and structures within a society that fulfill a specific function
• social structure

  patterned relationshio and roles an individual occupy within a society