Blog Post #4For this assignment I chose to speak with my mom about the different ways we use language together. She had told me that growing up she […]
I liked how you included how certain words don’t have a set definition, but rather a mental image. Especially for someone who is blind or colorblind, it can be nearly impossible to define or form a mental image of […]
One of the topics I found interesting in this weeks reading, was the concept of a sense and reference in linguistics. Sense is an abstract explanation of what a word means. While a reference is physical, being a […]
As a child, when I was first learning how to speak I would have trouble pronouncing d and b correctly. For instance, much longer words that had the letters b and d in them would be a struggle for me. One example […]
Blog Post #1Thinking back to when I was first learning the basics of grammar in elementary school, I would always struggle to use language in a way […]
Linguists tend to favor the descriptivist approach when it comes to understanding language. For instance, Descriptivism is the study of language as it is used. Along side, descriptive grammar focuses on the […]
Thinking back to the early days of human civilization, our ancestors advanced from simple communication to language. One possible turning point for this could have been the development of grammar, which are the […]
During this class, I hope to improve my writing and public speaking. I’m also excited to learn about Linguistics through the weekly readings/discussions and use these skills in the future.
