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Linguistics

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show There is no natural relationship between the way a word is pronounced (or signed) and its meaning.  
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show A linguist's description or model of the mental grammar, including the units,structures, and rules. An explicit statement of what speakers know about their language.  
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show The mental representation of a speaker.  
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Lexicon   show
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show The study of the structure of words; the component of the grammar that includes the rules of word formations.  
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show The sound system of a language; the component of a grammar that includes the inventory of sounds and rules for their combination and pronunciation; the study of sound systems of all languages.  
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show The study of the linguistic meaning of morphems, words, phrases, and sentences. Assigning meaning to words.  
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Sign Languages   show
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Syntax   show
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Universal Grammar   show
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Sound Symbolism   show
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Onomatopoiec   show
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Linguistic Competence   show
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show How we use our knowledge in actual speech production and comprehension.  
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Prescriptive Grammar   show
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show That variety of the language spoken by people in positions of power.  
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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis   show
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Linguistic Determinism   show
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Linguistic Relatavism   show
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