LING 1010 Lecture 8: [TYPED] LING 1010 Cornell Notes - With Clear Explanations, Quotes, and Questions from Film
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Ling 1010 lecture 8 (film notes) - the human language. There"s nothing more different from each other than sound and meaning. The language faculty is a subsystem of the human brain that organ of the brain yields language under the right set of conditions it is. People don"t think when they speak; they just speak. Language is the most human thing about being human, yet most people don"t think much about it. Traditionally, linguists have studied the history, vocabulary, and grammar of the world"s languages. Within our generation, new theories have revolutionized our thinking. Today, linguists ask questions about how we use language and how language functions inside the human mind. Languages change over time: you can reconstruct and analyze these sound changes in language from ancient times. Languages are governed by their own speci c sets of rules. Your sights aren"t set high enough; you"re not asking the most interesting questions.