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An Introduction to Language (Grammar (morphology, syntax, semantics,…
An Introduction to Language
Grammar
morphology
syntax
semantics
phonetics
phonology
Psychology
aquisition
processing
human
computer
Scociety
language in scociety
language change
writing
basis of language
system of sounds
specific to language
rules to combine
sentences
rules to combine words
creativity
speaking
understanding
rules intuitively understood
infinate combinations
words
specific to language
arbitrary connect to meaning
dictionary !== language competence
dictionary == finite words
linguistic performance
!== linguistic competence
possible sentences that would be silly
grammar
mental grammar
grammar as known by speakers
descriptive grammar
model how gammar is used
no superior grammar/dialect
accept language as dynamic
prescriptive grammar
legislate how grammar 'should' be used
linguistic purism
discount language change
prestige/standard dialects
teaching grammar
aid in teaching language
prescriptive only for purpose of teaching