( )Vowels usually constitute the nucleus of syllable，so they are typically syllabic. Consonants cannot be syllabic. The same is true of English consonants.

Distinguish sentence meaning and utterance meaning by using examples.

Use appropriate phrase structure rules to draw a labeled constituent structure tree diagram for each of the following sentences.

1) The naughty boy cheated his teacher.

2) The old man put the book on the table.

3) I think that you are from the South.

1inguistic determinism and relativism

1anguage acquisition

comparative reconstruction

speech community

interpersonal communication

contextualism

Move

arbitrariness