LINA01H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Complementary Distribution, Minimal Pair, Dissimilation
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Linguistics is the scientific study of language o. To understand the nature of the human mind. Build a model of a system that allows speakers to understand o o o o o o o o o. Descriptive (how people actually speak) linguistic competence grammatical) grammar. Mental grammar - shared by speakers of a language --> displays. Grammatical shall refer to colloquial correctness (use * to denote not. Knowledge of a language --> linguistic competence and mental. 2 types of signs o o o o. Iconic -> directly related to meaning and represents referent (non-arbitrary) Symbolic -> conventionalized symbols and doesn"t represent referent (arbitrary) It is an interaction between a finite set of sounds/words and rule governed patterns. Do not always match; people can make mistakes. Know which sounds are distinctive in your language. Rules change pronunciation of sounds in different environment. Articulatory -> how sounds are produced in the vocal tract. Acoustic -> physical properties of sounds themselves (sound waves)
