LING 100 Lecture 1: Ling100 - Week 1 - Introduction to Linguistics
27 Jan 2018
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Linguistics examines meaning of language (semantics), history/origin of language, learning of language (childhood acquisition/second languages) Linguistics is the study of language, rather than learning specific languages. Pencil empencil / pencilize / pencil (zero-derivation) Creative aspect of language use, knowledge of what is possible and impossible, example: we know that you can add prefixes and suffixes to change a noun into a verb. In this example names and pronouns seem interchangeable. In this example switching names and pronouns incorrectly implies there is a third person. *indicates impossible sentence (in regards to intended interpretation in this case) As a speaker of english, we were never taught how pronouns in english work however we somehow came to this knowledge. Unconscious: we understand many concepts in language but it would be difficult to state them. Generative: one can understand new words or sentences that they have never heard before.
