Chapter 2 Flashcards
Language
Is a socially shared code system for representing concepts thoughts and ideas by using arbitrary and rule governed systems
Characteristics of language
1-Socially shared tool 2-rule-governed system 3-An arbitrary code 4-A generative process 5- Dynamic scheme
Linguist intuition
The recognition of wrong and right grammar it is possessed by native speakers of the language
Components of a language
Form, content and use
Form consists of
Phonology
morphology
syntax
Phonology
Is the sound system, For English it consists of 43 phonemes, The number varies from one language to another
Phonotactic
How sounds may be arranged in words, like grammar they are not universal
Morphology
Involves the structure of words
Morpheme
Is the smallest grammatical unit within a language
Free morpheme and bound morpheme
Free morpheme may stand alone in the world can’t be broken down to smaller words
Bound morpheme change the meaning of the original words by adding their own meanings cannot be used alone and must be attached to free morphemes
Syntax
How words are arranged in a sentence and the Ways And which one word may affect another
Content
Meaning and semantics
Use or pragmatics
Using the proper word in the proper place in a sentence
Speech
The process of producing the acoustic representations of language
Articulation
Is the way at which speed sounds are formed