LING 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mcgurk Effect, African American Vernacular English, Articulatory Phonetics
25 Jan 2015
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C: not just our ability to produce words, but the ability to recognize what is part of your language/speech. Grammar continued: every language has rules, even if the language looks random, but the rules differ between languages. The rules may be different from standard english rules, but they can be found: ex: nobody can beat them (standard american english) vs. can"t nobody beat. All grammars are equal: there is no such thing as a primitive language. Non-standard varieties are studies (and can reveal new insights) rather than corrected. Ex: every student should do their own homework. (but student is singular and. Their is plural to fix this we could say students should do their own homework ) Instead of just telling us how to make a sentence grammatical, linguists describe why our sentence is ungrammatical. Grammar changes over time: for various reasons, a language may change. Three kine, and eke a sheep that highte mall .
