ANT253H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sociolinguistics, Double Articulation, Steven Pinker
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Throughout history, humans have used the concept of language to think and communicate with each other and to pass on information to subsequent generations. Language is a manifestation of logos the idea that language unites thought and speech. Linguistics the study of language and its structure. Sociolinguistics the study of how language is an important aspect of social systems. 400 bce an indian scholar named panini described the language called sanskrit using a set of. 4000 grammar rules (including how words should be pronounced) believed to be the first grammar system ever to be invented. Panini also described how words can be broken down into smaller units. Example: incompletely in + complete + ly. In" and ly" can be used in other words and are thus considered important parts of grammar. Complete" is considered to be just a regular word with an important meaning called a lexicon.
