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Introduction to Linguist

1. Introduction

5 Topics:

  • Syntax: the structure of language,

  • subj, verb, object

  • English: SVO; Japanese: SOV

  • create a syntax tree

  • Semantics: the meaning of language

  • Morphology: the structure of words

  • Birds, Pets, the difference between s

  • Phonetics: peoperties of sounds

  • Phonogy: patterns of sounds

  • pay/bay/ebay, bay sounds like pay

2. Syntax 1

2.1. Word order

English word order is SVO (subject verb object)

2.2. Grammaticality

  • prescriptive: what should be said/writen
  • descriptive: observation about what is said