LINB20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: First Language, Gardoqui, Lexical Grammar
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Sometimes for a linguistic variable there are different variants (ex. How we define language: linguists, sociolinguists (interested in language in use, while others are interested in competence), and other linguists. Difference between languages and dialects (dialects are mutually intelligible but this is not always the case) ex. Dialects are regional or social (pronunciation, lexical grammar differences among dialects) British: i"ve lost my keys, i"m looking for them. American: i lost my keys, i"m looking for them. *the use of shall and whilst (like while) Inner circles (6 countries, australia, new zealand, ireland, canada britain, usa) Outer circle (india, pakistan, singapore, jamaica, philippines, kenya, ghana, south. Physical: a place is physically isolated from other places, or cut off from other speakers, they"re language doesn"t get impacted by other speakers of the same language, because they are so far away. Linguistic: linguistically isolated, no other native speakers of their language maintain their old features, ex.
