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LI 2013 NATHALIE F. MARTIN L ANGUAGE & G RAMMAR.  EXPLAIN A LINGUISTS’ VIEW OF LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR. Language According to Linguists Contemporary Linguistics.

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1 LI 2013 NATHALIE F. MARTIN L ANGUAGE & G RAMMAR

2  EXPLAIN A LINGUISTS’ VIEW OF LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR. Language According to Linguists Contemporary Linguistics Analysis

3 Linguistic Performance: How you use How you use this knowledge in actual speech production and comprehension. Linguistic Competence: What you know What you know about a language. Linguistic Competence Vs Performance Contemporary Linguistics Analysis : p. 5.

4 Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Grammar  WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR AND DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR?

5  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 G RAMMAR Reference: Chapter 1 (O’Grady & Archibald)

6 The Truth About Grammar 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 Contemporary Linguistics Analysis : p. 5.

7 Associate Generality: Parity: Universality: Mutability: Inaccessibility: Contemporary Linguistics Analysis : p. 5. Grammars change over time. All grammars are equal. All languages have a grammar. Grammatical knowledge is subconscious. Grammars are alike in basic ways.

8 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.


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