L103 Discussion, Week 2:
Grammaticality, errors, towards a definition of human language
This section
- Controversy
- Language acquisition
- Exploring new linguistics teaching software
- Project
Errors
- Speech errors
- Learner's errors
Grammaticality, cont.
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What may only seem ungrammatical
- If you're thirsty, there's some beer in the refrigerator.
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Grammaticaly often relative, rather than absolute
- The book the girl lost was mine.
- The book the girl the university expelled lost was mine.
- The book the girl the university the government is shutting down
expelled lost was mine.
- The tutor the lawyer the actor the doctor praised resented hired
is a cousin of mine.
What makes something a human language
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Properties a language has to have to function
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Why all existing languages and dialects could be expected to have
these properties
- Rules
- Grammar
- Phonology (pronunciation), some more examples
- lick it, liquor, liver in Southern accent
- tuba, tuber in Received Pronunciation
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