Phonology, Morpholology, Syntax And Pragmatics

1. What does our linguistic knowledge include? Explain with some examples.
Linguistic knowledge mainly consists of four parts, and they are Phonology, Morphology, Syntax and Pragmatics. Phonology forms systems and patterns, which allows speakers to produce sounds in order to make meaningful sentence. For example, nt always appears in the middle or at the end of the words but not at the beginning. Morphology studies how words are formed as well as their relationship to other words in the language you know, which allows you to know the internal structure and the category of the word. For example, “undesirability” has four morphemes: un + desire + able + ity. Syntax refers to rules that are used to form a sentence. We have some fixed rules to determine the structure of a sentence such as “S+V+O”. In order to attain the certain effect, however, the sentence structure can change. For example, “I cannot do this thing” can be changed into “Do this thing I cannot” to emphasis the degree of rejection by the word “cannot”. Pragmatics mainly concerned with the use of language in social contexts. For example, “Turn left and you will find the post

While this adaption is always accompanied with a feature called “nativization”, in which English has changed due to the new sociocultural settings and its interaction with other languages. He examines the standard style of the non-native variety and the established style of the non-native variety. And these styles have been nativized to different degrees in non-native varieties. While Labov regarded the non-standard English as an integral part of the sociolinguistic structure of the English language rather than an isolated part. He analyzed the linguistic features on the nature of the language itself. He urged teachers to study and understand the dialects of English for better teaching children who cannot say “standard