LINGUIST 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Phonation, Tenseness, Vocal Folds
18 Oct 2018
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Linguists describe but don"t prescribe! (i. e. do not make value judgements) Phonology: how the sounds of a language are organized in the mind. Phonetics: the physical properties of speech sounds and how humans produce them. Syntax: the principles for combining words to form sentences. Semantics: how the meanings of words and sentences are organized in the mind. Creativity-every language can express any possible concept and can generate an infinite number of possible new words and sentences. Mental grammar is generative- can combine finite set of sounds and principles to make an infinite amount of words and sentences. Parity: all grammars are equally valid-value judgements about languages/dialects are social judgements, not linguistic. Inaccessibility: almost all knowledge in our mental grammar is unconscious knowledge. Sonority: the amount of acoustic energy of a sound i. e. lots of airflow/loud sound=more sonorous vs. less airflow/low sound=less sonorous.
