Inglise keele struktuur
- human language at all levels is rule- or principle-governed.
Linguistics: the scientific study of human natural language
Synchronic approach to language:
Diachronic approach to language:
Linguistic competence:
Linguistic performance:
What is grammar?: "The sounds and sound patterns, the basic units of meaning, such as
words, and the rules to combine them to form new sentences constitute the grammar of a
language"
Prescriptive grammar vs. Descriptive garmmar: Descriptive grammar: the systematic study and
description of a language. Descriptive grammar refers to the structure of a language as it is actually used by
speakers and writers. Prescriptive grammar: a set of rules and examples dealing with the syntax and word
structures of a language, usually intended as an aid to the learning of that language. Prescriptive grammar refers
to the structure of a language as certain people think itshould be used.
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