LING 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Computational Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, Historical Linguistics
9 Jun 2015
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Scientific study of the nature and use of language (definition) Theory attempts to explain the nature and structure of all human languages. An * (asterisk) indicates that a sentence (or a form) is ungrammatical. Examples taken from language files 11 (2011) pp. 9: i will pick the package up at eight o"clock, at eight o"clock, i will pick up the package, package up pick at o"clock will the right i, i will picks the package up at eight o"clock. In linguistics, grammatical and ungrammatical: grammatical: Implicit knowledge about how to apply the rule in your grammar to new words. Implicit knowledge about what would be good combinations of sounds in. Linguistic competence: ability to understand and produce an unlimited amount of language. Linguistic performance: actual observable use of language. Prescriptive grammar is a set of rules designed to define the correct" or proper" way to use language. Never end a sentence with a preposition.
