Microsoft Word 2 Steps phonological analysis doc

linguistic practice

 (performance) of one 

or more speakers of the language, not THE language. 

2.1.3.

 

One should never forget that 

languages

 do not exist as such, i.e. as essences. They 

are theoretical, historical constructions

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. Linguists and teachers are interested in them, 

for scientific and/or pedagogic reasons: the language as a system (cf. grammar). In fact, 

a community’s language is the way the members of this community speak with one 

another (performance-based approach). 

2.1.4.

 

One expects a considerable amount of variation (unmarked situation). All