2.4 Language

Question 1

Phonology

Answer 1

language’s sound system. When people grow up, they lose the ability to form certain sounds, which causes accents.

Question 2

Morphology

Answer 2

how we put sounds together to make words

Question 3

Syntax

Answer 3

how we combine words to form acceptable phrases and sentences

Question 4

Semantics

Answer 4

the meaning of a word.

Question 5

Biological influences of language

Answer 5

In Chomsky’s study, humans are biologically designed to learn language is a certain way, people in different countries and societies still learn around the same time. If you don’t learn your first language within the first 13 years, you will never learn a language.