Chapter 1 What is language Flashcards
1
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Descriptive grammars
A
unconscious linguistic knowledge or capacity of its speaker
2
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Prescriptive grammar
A
legislate what your grammar should be (prescribes don’t describe)
3
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Teaching grammar
A
help people learn a foreign language from their own language (provides a gloss)
4
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Reference grammar
A
help people find out the grammatical facts of the language
5
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Phonology
A
sound system
6
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semantics
A
system of meanings
7
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morphology
A
the rules of word formation
8
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syntax
A
rule of sentence formation
9
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lexicon
A
vocab of words
10
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linguistic competence
A
knowledge
11
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linguistic performance
A
behaviour
12
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Universal grammar
A
basis of specific grammars
13
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creative aspect
A
create infinite sentences with finite rules
14
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ASL
A
American Sign Language
15
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idea 1 of language
A
god’s gift to humanity
