What is diachronic study of language?
study of language over time, observes changes in language
What is synchronic study of language?
studies langauge at a certain pount in time only (abstraction, since language is always in transtion)
What is the syntagmatic axis?
describes what can be connected to form a sentence
What is the paradigmatic axis?
describes what can “replace” a sign within a sentence
What is the difference between language and parole?
language= (mental) system
parole= use, spoken language
Descriptive grammar?
describes what appears in the actual speech of people and what is perceived as normal and understandable
Prescriptive grammar?
tells us what should be the proper use of words, teachers are prescriptivists
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