LING 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Coreference, Implicature, Onomatopoeia

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The possession of language distinguishes humans from other animals. Linguistic performance comprehension combining sounds into words word formation combining words to phrases, phrases to sentences assigning meaning mental dictionary conforming to rules deviating from rules. Prescriptive grammar grammar that creates standards for language. Displacement spoken by people in positions of power. Standardized language grammar used to teach another language/dialect. Parallel word of another language in native language blueprint all languages follow. Part of children"s talent to learn seeks to describe knowledge of language and how it is acquired (asl) a form of language because it creates new sentences and words. Language is composed of discrete units combined according to grammars. Ability to converse about concepts unrelated to the present. Native language influences thoughts and/or perceptions of the world. Content words (open class) n,v,adj,adv - clear meanings and concepts. Function words (closed class) conj,p,pronouns - specify grammatical relations. Slips of tongue switching content words around in the sentence.

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