LECTURE 2

primacy of speech

it's a concept that says that speech or verbal communication is often considered the most important form of communication among humans. Spoken language holds a central role in human interaction

primitive people

traditional communities as they were less advanced as modern societies

primitive language

Is a simple and basic form of communication used to describe the most basic elements of language

pictograms

drawings of fundamental objects and ideas (man, woman, fire, food, shelter). There was no connection between the spoken word and the object pictured; pictograms recalled objects or concept itself to mind not its name

ideograms

were simplified pictures, selected to become fixed symbols of an object or concept; The name of an object is closely identified with the picture

phonograms

syllabic signs and symbols representing oral sounds

logographic writing system

symbols

syllabic writing system

symbol representing a syllable

alphabet writing system

letters referred to sound that create words

logograms

are symbols used in writing language that stand for an entire word