[LING 1001] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 71 pages long Study Guide!
7 Feb 2017
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All the knowledge you have that allows you to use your language. Competence (linguistics/grammar) vs performance (sometimes grammar doesn"t match performance) Morphology: morph (structure)- science of structure of words. Hockett"s design features: arbitrariness (you cannot predict the meaning of a word from its sound, duality (the fact that there are 2 aspects 1. ^ displacement requires semanticity because you need the ability to refer to anything to refer to the future. Like our innate capacity to grow arms and fingers rather than wings. ^ you do need language to acquire it. Universal grammar evidence: biologically triggered vs learned behaviour. Species specificity (birds can have their own languages between species ex. canary vs blue jay) Infant experiments (@ 2 hours old you can determine sounds that a baby [neonates] recognized by using sucking- they are never taught but are able to recognize sounds)
