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What is language - Harvard University
What is language ? Introduc)on To Linguis)cs Adam Szczegielniak Learning Goals What do we know when we know a language Crea)vity in language Competence/Performance What is Grammar language Universals language Development language and Thought What is language ? The ability to use language , perhaps more than any other attribute, distinguishes humans from other animals But what does it mean to know a language ? Linguistic Knowledge When you know a language , you can speak (or sign) and be understood by others who know that language Five-year-olds already know their first language (s) The ability to use a language requires profound knowledge that most speakers don t know that they know Cant help but use language Try to not understand what I am saying Just as impossible as trying not to be fooled by op)cal illusions You cannot stop blinking or having peripheral vision For example: Rota)ng Snakes the circular snakes appear to rotate spontaneously i
ancestor*with*similar*words*in*other*languages* • Languages*changes*so*there*will*always*be* ... a middle class of English speakers wished to talk like the upper class, so they ... same way as speakers of European languages because the
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