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Basic Terms
Linguistics and Linguists:
• Linguistics:
– Definition: The scientific study of language
– gives a better understanding of the nature of
human language
– Contributes to our understanding of human mind
• Linguists:
– are scientists who study the general properties of
grammars - the universal properties found in all
languages - and the specific properties of the
grammars of individual languages
Definitions:
• Speech: is the oral expression of language