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    Ling 201: Introduction to Language

    Blog Post 2One example of a word borrowed from Japanese into English is “karaoke.” In Japanese, it is pronounced /ka.ra.o.ke/ with five syllables […]

    2 years, 3 months ago
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    Ling 201: Introduction to Language

    Medijana Tagani commented on the post, Discussion 4: The Sounds of Language

    When I was growing up, I never had any problems with learning languages and how to speak it despite being bilingual. I grew up speaking both English and Albanian. I never had a problem speaking both languages. I […]

    2 years, 4 months ago
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    Ling 201: Introduction to Language

    Medijana Tagani commented on the post, Discussion 3: Descriptivism and Prescriptivism

    The descriptivist approach in linguistics emphasizes objectively observing and documenting language as it is naturally spoken and written, without prescribing or judging linguistic forms. Linguists favor this […]

    2 years, 4 months ago
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    Ling 201: Introduction to Language

    Blog 1I vividly remember a moment when I confidently used the word “gonna” in my class presentation in fourth grade. I was sharing an […]

    2 years, 4 months ago
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    Ling 201: Introduction to Language

    Medijana Tagani commented on the post, Discussion 2: What is language?

    The transition from basic animal communication to what is considered language by researchers like Rodman and Napoli likely occurred gradually over an extended period. The use of grammar helped people communicate […]

    2 years, 4 months ago
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    Ling 201: Introduction to Language

    Medijana Tagani commented on the post, Discussion 1

    I hope to learn about the history of language and how language changes over time.

    2 years, 4 months ago
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    Medijana Tagani became a registered member
    2 years, 5 months ago
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