A level of grammar that specifically refers to the arrangement of words and morphemes in the construction of sentences.
What is syntax?
100
"That house not pretty." is an example of this.
What is completeness?
100
The father of modern linguistics.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
100
He championed the structural approach in linguistics.
Who is Leonard Bloomfield?
100
A hypothetical tool that helps children rapidly learn and understand language.
What is the language acquisition device?
200
The concept that there is a correct and an incorrect way to speak, write, or sign.
What is prescriptive syntax?
200
The function of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives within a sentence and the relationship of these words to verbs and other words within the sentence.
What is case?
200
A process that generates productivity in language.
What is recursion?
200
An approach that starts with describing and classifying sounds and then morphemes in terms of their functions.
What is structuralism?
200
When the sequence of words conforms to the syntactic knowledge of native speakers of a language.
What is a grammatical sentence?
300
"Although it is tempting, I will not be going to Las Vegas." is an example of this type of sentence.
What is a complex sentence?
300
The specific sequence that different types of words follow.
What is linear word order?
300
The evolved form of LAD, or the idea that all humans understand the same grammar rules deep within their subconscious regardless of what language they speak.
What is universal grammar?
300
The theory that scientific enquiry into behavior should consist only of what can be observed, such as stimuli and responses.
What is behaviorism?
300
When the sequence of words does not conform to the syntactic knowledge of fluent speakers of a language.
What is an un grammatical sentence?
400
These sentences ask a question.
What are interrogative sentences?
400
"Jack fell the stairs." is an example of this.
What are word combinations?
400
A highly abstract level of language that represents the basic meaning of a sentence.
What is deep structure?
400
An actual utterance that can be broken down by conventional methods of syntactic analysis.
What is surface structure?
400
A list of all the morphemes that are used in a language to form words.
What is a lexicon?
500
A phrase that can function to modify a noun phrase or a verb phrase.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
The situation in which a word or phrase can refer to more than one meaning.
What is lexical ambiguity?
500
A finite set of rules that could hypothetically produce an infinite number of utterances.
What is generative grammar?
500
The study of the meaning of linguistic expressions, such as morphemes, words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.
What is semantics?
500
It postulates that even though there is variation in languages, these differences have specific limitations.