LINGUIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vocal Tract, Diacritic, Joule
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Because we use a scientific approach to answer questions about language. Empirical means to observe data to find evidence for a theory. Linguistic observations are not value judgment takes a descriptive approach to language. They (linguists) describe how the language works but do not prescribe how it should be used. Linguistics is the science of human language. The shared system among humans that allows us to understand another human"s idea. How language is organized and understood in the mind. A generative system can create new forms of a language. Grammar tells speakers how to form and interpret the words and. Phonetics the study of speech sounds. The articulation and sentences of their language. perception of speech sounds. Phonology the patterning of speech sounds. How the mental grammar of each language organizes sound. Morphology the strategy that each language uses to form words, word formation. Semantics the interpretation of words and sentences. Learning to write in a particular genre.