Introducing English Linguistics



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(Cambridge introductions to language and linguistics) Charles F. Meyer-Intr

cal semantics
) and the ability of words to refer to points in time or
individuals in the external world (deixis). For instance, the verb broked
in the child’s utterance has a specific meaning (e.g. the Merriam-
Webster Online Dictionary defines break as “to separate into parts with
suddenness or violence”), and is marked as occurring during a specif-
ic time (the past, as indicated by the past tense verb ending -ed). The
utterance also contains the first person pronoun I, which refers to the
speaker (in this case the child), and the pronoun it, which refers to
something not in the text but in the context (the wheel on the child’s
car). Lexical semantics, deixis, and other topics related directly to the
study of semantics are discussed in Chapter 6.
The various rules that were described above are part of the study of
grammar. Grammar is a word with many meanings. To some, it involves
mainly syntax: a study of the parts of speech (nouns, verbs, prepositions,
etc.) or syntax in general (“I studied grammar in High School”). To others,
it covers usage: correct and incorrect uses of language (“My grammar isn’t
very good”). For many linguists, however, grammar involves the study of
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INTRODUCING ENGLISH LINGUISTICS


linguistic rules that are part of our linguistic 

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