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Segmenting language In time or in space? St. Augustine or Chomsky?
Segmenting language How fine can we chop?
http://notendur.hi.is/peturk/KENNSLA/HLW/sound/Dundee.wav I think the thing wi the schemes especially when you’re young wis the connection wi the gangs, the local gangs. You affiliated yoursel wi what gang came fae your scheme “Meaningful units” – phrases,clauses,sentences
“Meaningful units” – phrases,clauses,sentences … words … - how fine can we slice words?
c o n n e c t i o n connection
homophones:same spoken form • homographs: same written form
homophones:same spoken form • homographs:same written form • homonyms : same spoken and written forms, but different meanings
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Homo-phones? –graphs? –nyms? bow – bough sun - son price - prize use (n.) – use (v.) separate (a.) – separate (v.) wicket – wicked feed – feat Korea – career
Chelsey Chelsea
Presley Presly Preslie Presleigh
Korea career
As we saw with "Chelsea" and "Chelsey", parts of words can behave like homographs .....
important evident
brighten Brighton
opposite opposit opposate oppersate oppercit opparsit opposite opposit opposate oppasit oppecite
“Home” Englishes International English L1 L2 preliterate: before learning to read postliterate: after learning to read
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