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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Expletive Infixation
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the ability to fit another word inside another - the ability in English is largely reserved for curse words
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phonetics
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the sound of language
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phonology
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the function and patterning of sounds
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morphology
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the analysis of word structure
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syntax
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study of sentence structure
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semantics
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the study of meaning
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Ferdinand de Saussure
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arbitrary connection between Form and Meaning
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Descriptive Grammar
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describes the rules that govern what people do or can say
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Prescriptive Grammar
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Prescribes rules governing what people should/shouldn't say (Traditional - teaching Grammar)
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D or P?
Every sentence has a subject and a predicate. |
Descriptive Rule
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D or P?
Do not use double negatives |
Prescriptive Rule
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D or P?
Do not strand prepositions |
Prescriptive Rule
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D or P?
Do not split infinitives |
Prescriptive Rules
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D or P?
A syllable has to have a vowel |
Descriptive Rule
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D or P?
In English, the plural is formed by adding -s to the end of nouns |
Descriptive
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D or P?
Some English speakers end a sentence with a preposition |
Descriptive Rule
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D or P?
Adjectives in English precede the nouns they modify |
Descriptive Rule
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Linguistic Competance
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our knowledge of language
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