Class+Notes

Meta linguistic

There are 4 systems that constantly interact.

1. Singing Bowl - Phonological: Sound

Babies babble in language

2. Legos- Syntax: How words in language are put together to create meaning.

Children do it vertically: Mommy! Home! Dinner!

3. Thesaurus- Morphological: the meaning of words

4. Barbie & Bob the Builder- **Pragmatics**: social system (convention of language). (Eye contact, no eye contact, etc.) Most is learned in meaningful contact.