LINGUIST 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Acronym, Affix, Scottish Gaelic

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 1A03
• Professor: Catherine Anderson

Document Summary

Linguistic: the study of how language works how it is used, how it is acquired, how it changed overtime, how it is represented in the brain. To create seal over passage to lungs. To move food to teeth and back into throat. To provide place for articulation for consonant. Language has to be creative, giving us the freedom to produce and understand new words and sentences as the need arises. We are able to recognize that certain utterances are not acceptable and simply do not belong in the language. Knowledge of this type is often called linguistic competence. Grammar: the mental system that allows human beings to form and interpret the sounds, words, and sentences of their language. Systematic constraints: boundaries within which innovation can occur. Phonetics: the articulation and perception of speech sounds. Semantics: the interpretation of words and sentences. Creativity/generality: all languages have a grammar.