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| the study of how language works, is acquired, used, changed, and represented in the brain. |
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| Those who have acquired language in a natural setting |
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| The ability to recognize that certain utterances are not acceptable and simply do not belong in their language. |
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The mental system that allows human beings to form and interpret the sounds, words, and sentences of their language.
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An intricate system of knowledge that encompasses sound and meaning as well as form and structure. |
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Phonetics
Phonology
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| The 5 components of a grammar |
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| The articulation and perception of speech sounds |
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| The patterning of speech sounds |
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| The interpretation of words and sentences |
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| The tendancy to drive out exceptions in language by replacing them with a form that fits with a more general pattern. I.e. use of was vs. were I was there, you was there is acceptable in Appalachian English and I were there, you were there, is acceptable in Yorkshire English. |
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| To tell the speakers how to form and interpret the words and sentences of their language. |
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| What is the purpose of grammar? |
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| The analysis of language must reflect the way it is actually used nto someone's idealized vision of how it should be used. |
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| What is the bottom line for linguistics? |
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| Descriptive not prescriptive |
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| Linguistics is ______ not _______. |
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| A characteristic of certain non-linguistic approaches to grammar in that they seek to prefer one system to another. |
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| A characteristic of linguistic analysis that seeks to explain human linguistic ability and knowledge, not to favor one system over another. |
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| Sounds that help distinguish words from another (like t and d) |
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