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What is Language? ¡ Instead of trying to give a simple definition for “language”, we will take a different approach. We will say that language is at the very least the answer to the following question: ÷ What do you KNOW when you know a language? ¡ Why is this question essential? Understanding...

What is Language? ¡ Instead of trying to give a simple definition for “language”, we will take a different approach. We will say that language is at the very least the answer to the following question: ÷ What do you KNOW when you know a language? ¡ Why is this question essential? Understanding speaker knowledge is essential for understanding language because all speakers have knowledge of their language. ¡ We will spend most of the semester looking at the answer to this question What is Language? ¡ Often linguistic knowledge is “implicit”. Speakers don’t realize they have this knowledge unless you point it out. ¡ For example, maybe you never thought about our ungrammatical sentence before: Me wants some chocolate right now. ÷ But it. still you know there is some problem(s) with