LING 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deixis, Ditransitive Verb, Hierarchical Organization
17 Nov 2015
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Linguists are martians : the descriptive analyst must be guided by certain very fixed principles . [blue potato] potato is boss as it gives the sentence meaning: variability is limited. Raj gave the finger to the principal. Mutability: grammars change over time, (7) negation in english. By 1400: ic ne saey not, he ne speaketh nawt. He does not speak: i saye not the words. Only humans do it: the faculty of language (aka competence, i-language) makes humans different from all other animals. It uses parts of the anatomy that did not evolve <> It"s human nature: homo sapiens defined by fl: The <> (end of paleolithic period, 100-40k years ago) Evolution: form precedes function, wings developed as cooling mechanisms first, then birds found out they could also fly, larynx, ears, lungs, etc. all have primary functions not linked to language. Biology (see textbook, neuro-linguistics: self contained, cp. heart, immune system, neurological basis, =in your brain.
