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UCLA LINGUISTICS 1 HW Questions And Answers 2024
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We know that the relation between the sound of a word and its meaning is arbitrary because: - Answera. Different languages have different words that refer to the same objects/concepts. Consider the f... ollowing sentence: "I don't need nothing from you." Would this sentence be correct according to a typical prescriptive grammar of English - Answer-a. No. A prescriptive grammarian would judge this sentence as incorrect because a sentence is not supposed to have double negatives in English. Consider the following sentence: "I don't need nothing from you." Would this sentence be correct according to a descriptive grammarian? - Answer-d. Yes. A descriptive grammarian would judge this sentence to be correct because native speakers of English actually say things like this. "When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not." Would this sentence be correct according to a descriptive grammar of English? - Answer-c. No. A descriptive grammarian would judge this sentence to be incorrect because native speakers of English reject such sentences. CONTINUES.... [Show More]
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