This also was very interesting to me how we can just simply think of a word and it makes tons of different images in our mind. Our human mind is amazing and can really make something out of nothing always.
During this topic, It was very interesting to learn about the whole “mental dictionary” topic and how it is different from a typical dictionary definition of a word. The way how a typical dictionary will define a […]
When I was younger, the only thing I had trouble saying was [ss], with my tongue. My dentist told me I had a tongue tie or something like that, and that led to the lisp. I also had an issue with cutting out parts […]
What makes descriptivism different than prescriptivism is that descriptivism focuses on how words are spoken on a normal, regular basis. To elaborate, prescriptivism makes rules for how words are supposed to be […]
Language is a very interesting phenomenon as how different it is than other forms of communication. It is how language is learned and adaptable based on different situations. “Equally impressive is that they grow […]
What I hope to learn in this class is to branch out in my knowledge and learn new things. I’ve never taken a class in linguistics and i don’t know what it’s about but i am excited to learn.
