PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Preposition And Postposition, Pragmatics, Critical Period
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Have finite vocab can be combined in infinite ways: wanna go out for dinner, want to fetch some grub, would you like to dine out, let"s eat out. Although creative there are some restrictions. These are regularities of language (not grammar rules: e. g. (cid:272)a(cid:374) e(cid:374)d a se(cid:374)te(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)ith a prepositio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e u(cid:374)derstood, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t sa(cid:455) (cid:862)di(cid:374)(cid:374)er the(cid:863) (cid:271)ut (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374) sa(cid:455) (cid:862)the di(cid:374)(cid:374)er(cid:863) Each word represents an idea: object (cat or dog), action (bites), abstraction, quality, grammar/ structure also contributes to the ideas. Dog bites cat (dangerous) cat bites dog (kinda cute) same three words but different meanings. Language: communicative some language is private for ourselves. Most language is directed at and around others, social activity. Need to know the sounds, words, sentences of language and principles of conversation. Knowing how to speak to whom: you speak differently with your friends in comparison to your parents. Child, loved one, stranger, employer, enemy, expert.
