Warm-up: review of the first day of AE

A. Fold this paper in half longitudinally. One partner reads the words on the left. The other partner writes what he or she hears.

Partner 1 reads Partner 2 writes
linguist  
linguistics  
linguistic  
creativity  
specialization for language  
linguistic competence  
native speaker  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. Together, answer these questions. You do not need to write. Try doing this without your notes and text; then you can check your notes and text.

  1. What is linguistics?
  2. What is a linguist? (There are two answers.)
  3. What is linguistic creativity?
  4. What is human specialization for language?
  5. What is linguistic competence?
  6. What is a native speaker of a language?

 

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