LING 100 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Verb, Noun, Spanish Language
19 Nov 2018
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Natural language = a speech community where people are raised with that language as their first language: technically it doesn"t have to be a real (or non-invented) language, as long as it is what one was raised speaking. Germanic languages = languages that have roots in two or more languages: english is a germanic language (albeit a very unusual manner, because it also holds roots in french and other romance language) Romantic languages = languages that have roots in latin. Includes italian, french, spanish, portuguese, romanian, catalan, proven al, and romansh. Linguistics is a scientific theory of language, not an interpretive theory of language (like literature analysis). It is breaking down language to its basic parts and understanding how it is built back up. It is empirical (based on observable data) - only interested in the types of theories that can be tested (theories that can be proved wrong)
