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