ENG MAJ 2 LESSON 7 - FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND

SOCIETY
 1. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCEOF THE GIVEN TWO TERMS?

- According to the link, Otto Jesperson (1860-1943), a Danish linguist, divided

the ideas of language origin into four categories. The theory of the Bow-wow
is the first. The first human languages emerged as onomatopoeia, or sound
imitations, according to bow-wow theories. Max Müller, a philologist skeptical
of the theory, created the term "bow-wow theory. The next theory is the Pooh
Pooh theory. This speculative theory states that human language originated
from emotional exclamations of pain, pleasure, surprise, etc. The Ding-dong
theory is the third one. Language is thought to have evolved as a result of a
natural resemblance between objects of sense perception and the vocal noises
that early humans made in response to them. The La La theory is the fourth
one. The belief that the sounds of inspired playfulness, love, artistic
sensibility, and song were the source of speech. This is a wonderful one, and
it's as plausible as any of the others.

2. WITH THEEXPLANATION OF THIS SITE, HOW DID MEANINGOF

WORDS BEGAN?

- According to the video I watched, the study of semiotics began the

meaning of words. The study of sign systems is known as semiotics. It
investigates the way that words and other symbols convey meaning. A sign
is something that represents something other than itself in semiotics. The
primary focus of this lesson is on linguistic signs. Words do not have
inherent meanings, according to modern linguists. When we say "squirrel,"
for example, the sounds and letter symbols we use have little to do with the
qualities of a furry herbivore. Because people have given them a value, the
name, sounds, and letters have nothing to do with the animal we call
squirrel. Because individuals have developed the ability to employ words to
give meaning to abstract concepts, we can describe them. This means we
can explain things that we can't see with words.
3. WHAT IS THESIMILARITIES ANDDIFFERENCESOF THE DIFFERENT SIGN
LANGUAGES? WHAT IS THEDIFFERENCEOF FILIPINOSIGN LANGUAGES.

- The fact that all sign languages use their hands to communicate certain
signs or letters is one of their commonalities. If you don't have a sign,
you can use your hands to symbolize individual letters of a written
alphabet. This is a useful tool for signing names of people, places, and
things that don't have one. The location of the fingertips differs amongst
them. Some are based on the letter's literal meaning, while others have a
deeper connotation. There are other two-handed sign languages.
Compared to other countries' sign languages, Filipinos sign more
energetically and expressively, especially when utilizing interjections
that convey surprise. Like other sign languages, Filipino Sign Language
has its grammar, syntax, and morphology.