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Language Chapt 1 and 2
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Undergraduate 4
09/13/2012

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conventional
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the agreed on, although usually arbitrary, relationship between meaning and word
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sound symbolism
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the notion that certain sound combinations occur in semantically similar words 

(ex: gleam, glitter, glisten all relate to vision)

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linguistic performance
Definition
the use of linguistic competence in the production and comprehension of language, behavior as distinguished from linguistic knowledge
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descriptive grammar
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a linguist's description or model of the mental grammar, including the units, structures, and rules. An explicit statement of what speakers know about their language.
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prescriptive grammar
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chooses one style of speaking over another, the "right" way to speak
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linguistic competence
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lexicon + grammar
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syntax
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rules for combining words in a sentence
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phonology
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acceptable sounds in a language
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semantics
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assigning meaning to the combinations of sounds
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morphology
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rules for word formation
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teaching grammar
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used to teach a foreign language, explicitly states the rules, refers back to native language
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gloss
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comparing words in languages, parallel meanings
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universal grammar
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a blueprint, the innate principles and properties that pertain to the grammars of all human language
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linguistic theory
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a theory of the principles that characterize all human languages
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Roger Bacon
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Says all languages are built upon a common grammar
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Critical Period of Acquisition
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between early childhood and puberty during which a child can acquire a native language easily, after this acquisition of grammar is difficult
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inference
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inferring the rules of a formal language
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monogenetic theory of language origin
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the idea that language today arose from one source
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tifinagh/tamazit
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probably the oldest language spoken in north africa by nomadic tribes
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sapir-whorf hypothesis
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the structure of language influences the speaker's perception of the world
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linguistic determination
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language filters our view of realtiy, we closed in because of the language we speak, bridge example
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euphemism treadmill
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endless cycle of negative connotations after negative connotations
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