LINB06H3 Lecture Notes - Noam Chomsky, Biolinguistics, Categorical Logic
22 Sep 2012
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The goal is to understand how language works. Syntax deals with one aspect of how language works how sentences are structured. Most people who hear the term language immediately think of some type of language such as. Linguists make a distinction between language (with capital l) and language (with lower case) Language is also known as (i-language) (internal language) is the ability of humans to speak language. Noam chompsky calls it the human language faculty the part of the brain that allows us to speak a particular language. Language is also known as e-language (external language) in as instantation of the human capacity. For most people, the study of language is in the domain of the humanities , when there is actually a scientific componenent involved. The scientific method dates back to ancient greek scientists, such as aristotle , etc. Gather and observe data make generalizations develop hypothesis (cycle repeats itself)
