An Introduction to Language by Victoria A. Fromkin

This piece, an excerpt from An Introduction to Language, breaks down the fundamentals of what language is and how its rules are defined. If you are not yet a member of OpenLab and joined our class, you need to speak with Prof. In regards to your grade for these assignments: I am looking for your best effort–as the semester progresses, you will see these assignments get easier to do and your level of writing will improve. These writing assignments constitute a log of the readings and are designed to do these things: give you regular writing practice, summarization practice, and make the lessons meaningful to you by putting what you have learned into your own words. Write about how what you learned in the reading and lecture relates to something you know or have experienced. Write about what you found the most significant or interesting. If you are not yet on OpenLab, email your work to me.

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An Introduction to Language by Victoria A. Fromkin