A linguist is interested in what is said, not what he thinks ought to be said. He describes language in all its aspects, but does not prescribe rules of correctness He does not believe that there Is some

Chapter Three Lexicon Morphology ILexicon 1, The meanigs of lexicon In its most general sense, lexicon is synonymous with vocabulary, denoting the system formed by the total sum of all the words and word equivalents that a given language possesses. In its technical sense, lexicon is synonymous with

Chapter Three Lexicon Morphology Lexicon I The meanings or lexicon In its most general sense, lexicon is synonymous with vocabulary, denoting the system formed by the total sum of all the words and word equivalents that a given language possesses. B In its technical sense lexicon is synonymous with

A Common Linguistic Phenomenon Ambigu IUMBLEWEEDS

Chapter four Syntax 1. What is syntax? Syntax is the study of the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences in a language. Simply speaking, it is the study of the formation of sentences. There are different approaches to syntax in the linguistic field

Hyponymy dog means the collection of all dogs mammal means the collection of all mammals X is hyponym of Y the meaning of is contained in the meaning of Y

Linguistic Meaning The meaning of linguistic items. (linguistic item= anything, from word, to a grammatical morpheme or a combination of words). Different from personal/social/ cultural meanings

Psycholinguistic division of language PCHQ-LINGUISTS Comprehension reading listening words Visual/

Language as an interface Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more resistant than architecture. but also simpler and easier. Victor hugo

Do speakers of languages think differently? Do the differences in thought stem from the linguistic diferences e or, are the diferences in thought due to cultural Inon-linguisic) infuences?