Introduction
[check your understanding]
1. f Syntax and semantics each have their own strengths.
2. f Pragmatics is also interested in how language use affects the language system.
3. t
4. f
5. t
In-Class Activities
1. ASK
(1) Yes, he’s coming.
(2) Yes. [No, he isn’t coming]
(3) His knowledge about whether Pat likes cognitive linguistics or not.
2.(1) a. John is obviously not Hitler. There is only one Hitler in the world.
b. Golf as an
inanimate
object can’t play a human being (John).
c. It is a ...