Browsing Tag: building blocks of language
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Language is compositional: we systematically combine smaller language units—words into phrases, and phrases into sentences—to form more complex ideas. The meaning of each sentence depends on the meanings of its words and how we put them together. Consider the example, “John hugs Mary.” Each word has a specific meaning: “John” refers to one person, “Mary” […]
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What is Phonology? Did you know that you had a set of unconscious rules about how you can arrange sounds in your language? Phonology is a field of study in linguistics that examines the patterns of sounds within a language and across different languages. It aims to study how we, as humans, mentally organize the […]
