1. Chapter 2: Linguistic Organization Mafuyu Kitahara 2006-10-19

2. Paragraph 1-3 Review of Chapter 1: speech chain This book: describe each link of the chain This chapter: linguistic level, units, function Units of language: symbols person on a wheelchair Language: symbols and rules to assemble them

3. Paragraph 4-6 Words consist of smaller units: phonemes heed, hid, head, had: difference in the middle Phoneme = such distinguishing sounds in a language Table 2.1: Phonemes of GA English 14 vowels and 24 consonants Syllable: a vowel surrounded by one or more consonants