7. Hjelmslev
Sign
Tradition: sign is a symble for something;
representative. Content is exterior to the sign itself.
Ex: letters, numbers, words, expressions, icons,
gestures etc.
Modern Theory: sign is a whole thing composed by
Both expression and content.
Semiotic Function:
Sign (expression, content) = expression + content
Those terms are shapes, clips, of na undefined set
of sounds and of na undefined set of concepts
(amorf mass).
12. (i) In what extent this language is diferente from animal
communication systems?
(Human) Language: three aspects
• Formal: Creativity; Generative (system designed to be fruitful)
• Biological: Genetics (FOXP2); language physiology (visual,
hearing, and vocal apparatuses, brain); expatation;
• Psychological: Recursion; complexity; memory.
13. (Human) Language: three aspects
(i)What are the characteristics of (human) language?
(ii) In what extent this language is different from animal communication
systems?
(iii) How is it acquired?
(iv) How did it appeared in History?