LING 200 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Phonology, Vowel, Turkish Language
20 Nov 2018
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Language as a system of knowledge (cognitive approach/biolinguistics). Language is internal to humans - part of our cognitive (mental capacities and faculties) system. So ultimately, something that is encoded in our brain. Our brain is con gured in a particular way that underlies this knowledge. Language and the study of language has sub elds (core sub elds): Phonetics and phonology (properties of speech, sound, and speakers" knowledge of how words and sentences are pronounced). Speech sounds are not the same across languages. Phonetics-the study of human speech sounds how are articulatory apparatus (properties) creates them. Cognitive perspective: what does a speaker know of how words are formed in their language. Syntax (speakers" knowledge of how to form sentences) what does a speaker of english know about how sentences are formed in his/her language. Semantics (speakers" knowledge of how to interpret words and sentences) The comparison of this course with linguistics 201: overlap between the two courses.
