LING 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bound And Unbound Morphemes, Affix, Pronoun
2 Feb 2016
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Linguistics: the scientific study of language, including language structure, language variation, language change, the development of language and the psychology and biology of language. Linguistic competence: the knowledge you have about words in your language(s) (=mental lexicon) and how to use and understand you language(s) (=mental grammar) Mental grammar: the (unconscious) linguistic competence of speakers. Descriptive grammar: the description of the mental grammar. Prescriptive grammar: set of rules imposed on a language or dialect. Mode of communication: messages are sent and received. Semanticity: all signals (e. g. , words) have meaning or function. Pragmatic function: language serves some useful purpose (e. g. , questioning, influencing, directing) Interchangeability: individuals can both receive and transmit messages. Cultural transmission: acquired through interaction with users of the system. Arbitrariness: the connection between the sound (form) and meaning of a word is typically unpredictable. Discreteness: can be broken down into discrete-ish (separate) units. Displacement: can communicate things that aren"t currently present.
