Linguistics Exam 1 Intro to Language
Studies well answered to pass
Human Language - ANS ✔✔A conventional system of signs that allows for the creative
communication of meaning
Rule Governed System - ANS ✔✔Apply to the way elements are related and the way they
combine to create meaning (Can't combine words in random order)
Creativity - ANS ✔✔Allows speakers to create infinite number of words to convey meaning as
needed
Signifier - ANS ✔✔String of words
Signified - ANS ✔✔Meaning associated with signifier (Real world concept or idea)
Linguistic Competence - ANS ✔✔Speakers knowledge of grammatic rules governing their
language (Mental Grammar)
Linguistic Performance - ANS ✔✔Speakers realization of the rules in their speech
Grammar - ANS ✔✔Rules governing a language and level of sound, syntax, word formation and
semantics
Grammatical - ANS ✔✔A sentence that conforms to the rules in grammar or usage books for
how we should write, but are comprehensible to another speaker of the language
Studies well answered to pass
Human Language - ANS ✔✔A conventional system of signs that allows for the creative
communication of meaning
Rule Governed System - ANS ✔✔Apply to the way elements are related and the way they
combine to create meaning (Can't combine words in random order)
Creativity - ANS ✔✔Allows speakers to create infinite number of words to convey meaning as
needed
Signifier - ANS ✔✔String of words
Signified - ANS ✔✔Meaning associated with signifier (Real world concept or idea)
Linguistic Competence - ANS ✔✔Speakers knowledge of grammatic rules governing their
language (Mental Grammar)
Linguistic Performance - ANS ✔✔Speakers realization of the rules in their speech
Grammar - ANS ✔✔Rules governing a language and level of sound, syntax, word formation and
semantics
Grammatical - ANS ✔✔A sentence that conforms to the rules in grammar or usage books for
how we should write, but are comprehensible to another speaker of the language
