Linguistics Lecture Essay

Todays target Begin to infrastand the fundamental slipway of thinking in Linguistics. around properties of grammar creativity generality similitude Some properties of grammar likeness ? all grammars are equally legal prescriptive grammar descriptive grammar ? ? Is this statement a scienti? c observation? A. Yes B. No volume who live in East Hamilton frequently say I seen him where they should say I saw him Clicker frequency is BD.Is this statement a scienti?c observation? A. Yes B. No In Finnish, prepositions come after nouns. Kissa on poydan alla claxon is table under The cat is under the table Is this statement a scienti? c observation? A. Yes B. No If you end a sentence with a preposition you sound ignorant. Gymboree is wizard of the stores that I shop at. Gymboree is one of the stores at which I shop. Clicker frequency is BD. Clicker frequency is BD. Some properties of grammar Universality ? ? ? ?all grammars share virtually universal properties phonological synt actic etc. Some properties of grammar Mutability ? ? ? ? all grammars trade over time sounds backchats & word forms sentence structures w not hw in Canada by age Some properties of grammar Inaccessibility ? around all grammatical association is unconscious mind (a. k. a. implicit) How can we observe unconscious knowledge? Some properties of grammar ? ? ? ? ? ? creativity generality parity universality mutability inaccessibility.