LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
It is a feature of language where natural language is vocally transmitted by speakers as speech sounds and auditorily received by listeners as speech waves.
A
interchangeability
B
Transitoriness
C
Vocal-auditory Language
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Natural language is vocally transmitted by speakers as speech sounds, and auditorily received by listeners as speech waves. This can be contrasted with written language which is visually transmitted as physical markings, and interpreted as a script.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vocal-auditory channel is the first of 13 design features proposed by Charles F. Hockett in characterizing human language and distinguishing it from animal communication. It describes the way vocal signals can be used to produce language.

Detailed explanation-3: -The vocal-auditory channel describes the way vocal signals can be used to produce language. The speaker uses a vocal tract (containing most of the speech organs) to produce speech sounds, and the hearer employs an auditory apparatus (the sense of hearing) to receive and process the speech sounds.

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