LING 001 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Vocab (Song), Phonology, Velar Consonant
Document Summary
Kids learn languages just by being around it (most other things need to be taught) Human brains being able to acquire language vs other animals inability. Some set of tools in the brain lets us learn languages. Generalizability- taking what they heard, learn patterns and apply to other sentences- Independent across the type of language you"re learning may make errors, but will learn whats right/wrong along the way. Whereas foreign languages sound like one continuous stream of sound. Pauses usually occur between phrases language vs language language- english, chinese, etc. Language- whats in the brain, shared properties between every languages. Universal grammar- kind of a built in template that helps children learn language. English spelling- weird- but reflects some history. [r]- symbol for alveolar trill- for english r" use backwards r. Allophones- the pronunciation: ex: icelandic- theta sound comes only in the beginning of words, the other th" sound comes only at end/middle of words.
