LING 132- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 58 pages long!)
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Survey areas: morphology = structure of words, sentences = syntax, sound = phonetics/phonology, word and sentence meaning = semantics, acquisition of language in children, brain basis for language (neurolinguistics, signed languages, language change, dialect variation. Provide a basis for further linguistic study. Asia has highest % of world languages (32. 8) with africa second (30. 3%) Know the inventory of sounds in our language = phonetics. [(cid:454)] = (cid:374)ot a(cid:374) e(cid:374)glish sou(cid:374)d; pa(cid:374)ish (cid:894)like [(cid:454)ose] o(cid:396) (cid:858)jose(cid:859)(cid:895) in brackets = symbols of an international phonetic alphabet the lette(cid:396) (cid:862)j(cid:863) p(cid:396)o(cid:374)ou(cid:374)(cid:272)ed [(cid:454)] i(cid:374) pa(cid:374)ish (cid:271)ut i(cid:374) e(cid:374)glish [d ] We know the sound patterns in our language, what sequences are possible = phonology. English words beginning with [sk] = school, skeleton, etc. English words beginning with [sg] = none: but yes in italian = [sgabelo] // chair or stool. English words beginning with [fr] = friend, front, frog.
