CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Concatenation, Apposition, Reflectance
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We have the capacity to under and recognize language, but often we don"t even know the grammar rules of our own language. You can be competent in a language but not know its underlying structure. Greek philosophers- knew language was a thing but didn"t know where it came from. Some belief that everything had to come from the natural world, but they also had the gods. 465 bce- uprising and overthrew the tyrants- reformed democracy o o o o o o o o. To appeal this, you had to prove it in front of a jury. Book published, rhetoric to teach language to people. Corax: you are only able to persuade the court that your claim is the most just or the most likely to be true rather than proving that it is true, there is no physical, written evidence.