Fundamentals of Linguistics: Properties and Systems
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Chapters 1-3
1. Basic Components of Linguistic Knowledge
Syntax: Rules for combining words
Pragmatics: How language is used
Semantics: Meaning of words and sentences
Phonology: Sound system of a language
Morphology: Smallest unit of meaning in language
2. Properties of Human Language
a. Vocal-Auditory Channel: Speech is based on sounds.
b. Interchangeability: The same person can both transmit and receive messages.
c. Complete Feedback: While speaking, we can monitor what we are saying.
d. Arbitrariness: No direct connection between a word and its referent.
e. Discreteness: Language is based upon a vocabulary of independent, movable units.
f. Displacement: We use speech to refer to things in other times or places.
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