Main Intro
Linguistics is a _____________ science
social/behavioral
What feature of Hockett's has no animal but humans been found to have?
Productivity
mutually intelligible
able to mostly understand
This variable is changed or decided by the researcher
independent
3 causes of language change
geo barriers
language contact
new concepts/ideas
expert in a language
native speaker
The ability to send and receive signals
Interchangability
Based on how people actually talk and then makes rules
descriptive grammar
3 elements of ethics to follow in an experiment
informed consent
anon
data protection/privacy
3 types of language change
sound, lexical, grammar
mind/behavior
I ate cheesecake last night.
Displacement
having to do with words/words
lexical
anonymous
If the change is about how making a sentence changes, it is what type?
Grammar
What is this an example of: some people say bubbler, drinking fountain, water fountain
dialects
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
Prevarication
What counts as a language
has all 7 features
the type of grammar based on how some people think you should speak
prescriptive
When Japanese immigrants came to America, they introduced the food sushi to the country. Now lots of English speakers use this word. Before then, English speakers had no word for this food.
Name the language change cause and type.
language contact/lexical
One person likes to always end their sentences with a "dontcha know?"
idiolect
List all 7 of Hockett's features
Arbitrariness, Interchangeability, Cultural Transmission, Prevarication, Productivity, Displacement, Semanticity
What's the difference between a dialect and an idiolect?
dialect - group of people
idiolect - one person
Write an example of a sentence that matches descriptive grammar and not prescriptive grammar.
answers very
Name the 2 main ways languages experience lexical change
inventing new words or new definitions