CMST 2010 Chapter : Chapter 5 Study Guide Notes
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Example: dog = a domesticated carnivorous mammal related to the foxes and wolves and raised in a wide variety of breeds: syntax the patterned way words are combined to form longer utterances like sentences. Basically, the form that it takes, its grammatical rules and conventions as well as how conversational elements larger than sentences are structured. Example: knowing to hang up the phone after the closing sequence occurs (goodbye) Example: knowing the difference between i love you and love i you : semantics the study of the structure of the units of meaning in a language with primary focus on sentences. Study how words literally connect to things. Focuses on words and semantics on sentences: pragmatics the study of how people use language in social context. Discourse units of language consisting of connected utterances: we use language to fulfill a larger communicative function, the primary locus of meaning is the speaker"s meaning, style of messages:
