LING101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Preposition And Postposition, Tnf Receptor Associated Factor
21 Feb 2014
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Linguistics is the study of how language works how it is used, how it is acquired, how it changes over time, how it is represented in the brain, and so on. Speech organs primarily concerned with breathing and eating are also highly specialized for use in language. Vocal cords produce vibrations for speech sounds. Teeth provide place of articulation for consonants. Nose provide nasal resonance during speech. Language has to be creative giving us the freedom to produce and understand new words and sentences as the need arises. Limit a new verb is rarely coined if a word with the intended meaning already exists. (prison the robber imprison) Constraints verbs that are created from time expressions. (julia summered in paris, correct jerome midnighted in the streets, incorrect because midnight is a point in time not an extended period of time) Words which have the look of english words can be used as names for new products (prasp, flib, traf)
