Inglise keele struktuur
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.
Phonology: the subfield of linguistics that studies the structure and systematic patterning of
sounds in human language.
Phonetics: of the acoustic detail of speech sounds and how they are articulated.
Phone: [p] A phone is actual pronunciation of a phoneme. A phone is represented
between brackets
Allophone: e.g. pin spin
Phoneme: /p/ - /iz/ `houses' /s/ voicless `cats' /z/ `boys' /t/ `learned' /id/ `wanted' A
phoneme is the smallest unit of the sound system of a language
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