LINGUIS 101 1nd Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture I. What is this course about?II. What is Linguistics? III. Five subfields of Linguistics IV. Descriptive vs. Prescriptive GrammarCurrent LectureI. What is this course about?a. The study of language and its grammatical properties II. What is linguistics?a. Linguistics is the scientific study of the structure of human languageb. Object of Study-mental grammar, the system of rules that underlies humans ability to communicate and understandi. People are not consciously aware of many rules of mental grammar whichthey apply systematically in speech ii. English past tense pronunciation rule: we say pronounce wanted like wantid1. We do not really notice we are doing this, it is automatic III. Five Subfields of Language a. Phonetics-study of speech soundsb. Phonology- how sounds pattern in language and are organized in the mind c. Morphology-structure of wordsd. Syntax-structure of sentencese. Semantics-meaning of words and sentences IV. Descriptive vs. Prescriptive Grammara. Descriptive grammar- the goal is to discover what rules people actually know anddescribe them i. Example: observe that in English wh- questions, the wh-word appears at the beginning of sentencesThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1. What do you want to eat? b. Prescriptive grammar- the goal is to tell people what rules they should know. It is attempting to change people’s linguistic behavior i. Example: You should use “whom” in object position1. Instead of this: Who did you see? Say this: Whom did you