What Is language and how does it work?

-------- is the actual phonetic realization of a phone?

an allophone

________ is the actual phonetic realization of a phone?

an allophone

Your linguistic competence -- all the things you know when you know a language -- is stored as a set of rules or instructions in your head. Linguists call this your what?

mental grammer

your linguistic competence --- all the things you know a language --- is stored as a set of "rules" or "instructions" in your head. Linguists call this your what?

mental grammer

Linguists study what it is you know when you know a language. To know the way words are formed, like how to form new words with existing parts you know, is to know your language's?

morphology

linguists study what it is you "know" when you "know" a language. To know the way words are formed, like how to form new words with existing parts you know, is to know your language's?

morphology

linguists study what it is you know when you know a language. To know how the signs/sounds of your language work together as a system, is to know your language's?

phonolgy

linguists study what it is you "know" when you "know" a language. To know how signs/sounds of your language work together as a system, is to know your language's?

phonology

Linguists study what it is you know when you know a language. To know how to use context to interpret what someone says and how to respond is to know your language's?

pragmatics

linguistics study what it is you know when you know a language. To know how to use context to interpret what someone says and how to respond is to know your language's?

pragmatics

Linguists study what you know when you know a language. To know what a word means when you hear it, which words mean roughly the same thing, and how to put words together to get different meanings is to know your language's?

semantics

Linguists study what you know when you know a language. To know what a word means when you hear it, which words mean roughly the same thing, and how to put words together to get different meanings, is to know your language's?

semantics

linguists study what it is you know when you know a language. To know how to form phrases and sentences in your language, even constructing sentences you've never heard before, is to know your language's?

syntax

what is a morpheme?

the smallest unit of meaning that a word can be broken down into

Another way to talk about phonology is to say that it is the study of the rules and representations. That means there are rules (like instructions) in our heads. The rules determine how the mental representation becomes a real phone.

true

another way to talk about what "phonology" is to say that it is the study of the rules and representations. That means there are rules (like instructions) on our heads. The rules determine how the mental representation becomes a real phone. true or false?

true

basically, languages are enormous, complex systems true or false?

true

basically, languages are enormous, complex systems?

true