APPL912 Week 6: Language in/and context (1) by Annabelle Lukin https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8 On arbitrariness in language en-us 2015-04-28 09:47:55 UTC 2019-04-11 02:08:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. What are the implications of the arbitrariness of the sign annabelle_lukin https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/340712337 2019-03-13 04:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/340712337 2. What are the limits of the arbitrariness of the sign? Is all of language arbitrary annabelle_lukin https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/340712787 2019-03-13 04:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/340712787 3. What is the 'langue' and 'parole' distinction in Saussure? Is it relevant to language teaching? Do you teach 'langue' or 'parole' - or both? annabelle_lukin https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/347876795 2019-04-03 00:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/347876795 4. How would you explain the meaning of 'that' to a student? annabelle_lukin https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/347922307 What does 'that' mean? ]]> 2019-04-03 05:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/347922307 5. How do you teach students about the grammatical category 'conjunction'? annabelle_lukin https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/347923366 2019-04-03 05:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/347923366 1. The sign is fluid and not time bound. It also varies based on the context of situation. https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/348361594 context of situation e.g., mouse can mean an an animal in the context of zoology, but in the context of technology it means a computer device. 
time e.g., the word "gay" used to mean happy, but over time, it has been used to refer a person's sexual orientation]]> 2019-04-04 04:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/348361594 https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/348362196 2. Not all the language is arbitrary, such as hieroglyphics.]]> 2019-04-04 04:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/348362196 The signifier changes according to the language, but also the signified is culturally determined. https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/348362390 2019-04-04 04:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/348362390 https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/348363653 2. The limitation: no individual is free to describe nature with absolute impartiality but is constrained to certain modes of interpretation.]]> 2019-04-04 04:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/annabelle_lukin/APPL912Week5Q1_8/wish/348363653