Main Intro
Linguistics is the _____________
scientific study of language
Do animals officially have language?
No
Define Bilingual
A person who speaks 2 or more languages regularly
The writing system of a language
What are the two most widely spoken languages in South America?
Spanish and Portuguese
What is Interchangability?
The ability to send and receive signals
Define Morpheme
Smallest part of a part of a word that still has semanticity
A field of study concerning the history of languages
What is the second largest language family in the world
Sino-Tibetan
An example of Displacement
(References something not in proximity)
Define Language Community
One/Two or more people who share a language
The field of study where language varies based on social group
Sociolinguistics
the main fields of linguistics we studied this year
Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics
The name of the feature in which everything has a meaning
Semanticity
What is the difference between phonetics and phonology?
Phonetics: Individual sounds
Phonology: Relationships between sounds
The field of linguistics where sentences are built from morphemes
Morphosyntax
What is the most frequent word in written English?
"The" ; comprises of about 6% of written words
List one of the seven of Hockett's features not previously mentioned
Arbitrariness, Cultural Transmission, Prevarication, Productivity,
Define polyglot
a person who speaks 5 or more languages