LINA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Linguistic Prescription, Universal Grammar, Calibri
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It is clear that when people use human language, they follow certain principles (rules): a sentence like, a) the man has seen the dog, b) seen man the has dog the, (the asterisk placed in front of a sentence signals that it is not a correct, or grammatical one. ) is correct in english, but is not. One language is not harder to learn than any other language. It depends on the language that you already know. You may think english is an easier language to learn in comparison to german if you are already fluent in english. What is linguistics: the scientific study of language. Language is a system of sounds, words, and sentences used by humans to communicate feelings and thoughts. What are different aspects of language: speaking and writing. 1: there are communities that don"t have a writing system but can speak, you don"t teach people how to speak; it comes naturally.
