LINB18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Preposition And Postposition, Linguistic Prescription, Infinitive
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What is language: knowledge of sounds (=phonetics, phonology) Knowing which sounds are part of the language. English speaker know that t is a sound in their language, nut not y (a voiced velar fricative), japanese speaker knows that t is part of their language, but th is not: combination of sounds (=phonology) Knowing which combination of sounds are possible. English speaker know that words in english can start with str-, spl- or sk-, but not rts- or ks: knowledge of word structure (=morphology) System is possible, but systemly are not: knowledge of sentence structure (=syntax) Knowing which combination of words are possible. Knowing a language means being able to judge the grammatical and ungrammatical sentences: knowledge of meaning(=semantics) John ate the ice cream on the table. (having 2 meaning: meaning 1: on the table, john ate the ice cream, meaning 2: john ate the ice cream that was placed on the table, real-world usage (=pragmatics)
