LING 3P91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Linguistic Prescription, Consciousness Raising

• School: Brock University
• Department: Applied Linguistics
• Course: LING 3P91
• Professor: Glen Ewing

Document Summary

Grammar is a system for using a languages syntax and morphology and sometimes phonology and semantics. Set of rules and examples dealing with the syntax and word structure of a language. Intended as an aid in learning the language. How certain people think a language should be used. Study of how grammar is actually used by speakers. The structure and the function of that structure. Explain the grammar target and then students practice. Through examples in context, students figure out aspects of grammar (they notice them)