LING 3Q91 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Language Acquisition, International Auxiliary Language, Second Language
1 Jan 2019
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English has roughly 500,000 words; the is the most common word in english. Rule for order of adjectives is opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose. Sla - how people study a second language and the people who are learning the second language; learner characteristics, linguistic factors, learning process, age of acquisition, context (natural or formal) and purpose. Second language is a typically a dominant language needed for education, employment. Foreign language is a language not indigenous to land where you live. Library language just used in formal study, like latin. Auxiliary language is one which serves some official functions in their immediate political setting or will need for purposes of wider communication (lingua franca) Most common spoken languages worldwide: chinese, spanish, english, arabic. Motivation: (often economically or politically motivated): immigration, adoption of religious belief and practices, educational, occupational or social experiences, an interest in other cultures or invasion.
