ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Discourse Analysis, Walkover, Allomorph
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A lie refers to something that doesn"t exist. All humans w. o any effort can learn to use language in some form. The characteristic of language is that all humans can perform it. Language has a structure, and all of us learn it because we are programmed to learn it. Not sure if genes are there for language. Syntax: sentence structure: text is whole unit of text. Books in the p section (12th floor at robarts) Texy- any meaningful item(s) perceived as a unit. A meaningful item(s) understood as not forming part of a larger item: analysis decides if it is a text. To be or not t be -text (hamlet) Everything is a text: and we can read it. Text only makes sense in the context. The meaning and fxn of each item depends on the context. Consider all the things in their context. Linguists often use grammar to mean syntax. Main public thinks of bad grammar vs good grammar.
