Transcript Linguistics II LI2023

LANGUAGE & GRAMMAR
LI 2013
NATHALIE F. MARTIN
Language According to Linguists
 EXPLAIN A LINGUISTS’ VIEW OF
LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR.
Contemporary
Linguistics
Analysis
Linguistic Competence Vs Performance
 Linguistic
Competence:
What you
know about a
language.
Contemporary
Linguistics
Analysis: p. 5.
 Linguistic
Performance:
How you use this
knowledge in
actual speech
production and
comprehension.
Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Grammar
 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PRESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR AND DESCRIPTIVE
GRAMMAR?
GRAMMAR
 GENERALITY: ALL LANGUAGES HAVE A GRAMMAR
 PARITY: ALL GRAMMARS ARE EQUAL
 UNIVERSALITY: GRAMMARS ARE ALIKE IN BASIC WAYS
 MUTABILITY: GRAMMARS CHANGE OVER TIME
 INACCESSIBILITY: GRAMMATICAL KNOWLEDGE IS
SUBCONSCIOUS
Reference: Chapter 1 (O’Grady & Archibald)
The Truth About Grammar
Contemporary
Linguistics
Analysis: p. 5.
 Name all five characteristics of grammar
according to linguists.
Generality: All languages have a grammar
Parity: All grammars are equal
Universality: Grammars are alike in basic ways
Mutability: Grammars change over time
Inaccessibility: Grammatical knowledge is
subconscious
Associate
Generality:
Parity:
Universality:
Mutability:
Inaccessibility:
Contemporary
Linguistics
Analysis: p. 5.
• Grammars change over
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time.
All grammars are equal.
All languages have a
grammar.
Grammatical knowledge is
subconscious.
Grammars are alike in
basic ways.
Define each
 Generality:
 All languages have a grammar
 Parity:
 All grammars are equal
 Universality:
 Grammars are alike in basic ways
 Mutability:
 Grammars change over time
 Inaccessibility:
 Grammatical knowledge is subconscious
Contemporary
Linguistics
Analysis: p. 5.