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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Linguistics

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study of how language works in our mind

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HUG PIE

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highly complex, uniquely human, governed by subconscious, personal, infinite/open ended, ever changing

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Linguistic competence

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knowing the mental grammar of a language

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Presscriptive grammar

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external, memorized rules, cultural phenomenon

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Descriptive grammar

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internal gut feeling, natural

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Grammaticality judgement

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deciding something is grammatical in a given dialect

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