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A 6 page paper identifying four of the eleven characteristics of language as the “most important” in preserving, understanding and using language. Most of the paper discusses the characteristics of language as a system of systems and being meaningful, conventional and creative. It closes with several examples of “Bushisms” uttered by President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign, identifying the characteristics violated in the selected quotes. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSlangPhono.rtf
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It is difficult to select only four of the eleven characteristics of language as "most important" when all of them distinctly contribute. However, it seems that of the
eleven, the four can be labeled as being most important can be said to be the characteristics of language as being a system of systems, meaningful, conventional and creative.
A systematic approach avoids the need for a lengthy session in definition of terms preceding each instance of communication, however brief. It assumes
that the speaker will follow a logical, linear path in conveying a point. An example from class is that contained on Slide 7 describing a lesson in driving a
car with a manual transmission. Meaning includes both referential and grammatical meaning (Slide 19), providing a framework in which anyone who knows the
language being used is clear on the speakers intent. An example is "boat." The word itself provides no information on whether the subject of discussion is a canoe
or an aircraft carrier, but the hearer can be certain that it is a vessel that floats on water. Convention provides a similar
service in that it ensures that all involved share a common understanding of the terms being used. It also provides a means of creating subsets of language that may
not be familiar to all who speak the foundation language. Slide 27 provides an example in the use of "bad," which in reality means "very good" to those populating
the subset in which this is true. The characteristic of creativity enabled this meaning to arise and then be incorporated into the common slang of American English. II.
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