2. Consider the following string of words. How many sentences can you come up with using these words and only these words?
the, came, girl, baskets, home, with
3. Based on your opinion, label each sentence as G for grammatical, N for non-grammatical, and ? for "not sure" or "don't know". Give your reasons.
Jackie says she don't know if they can come.
I'm not going to do nothing about that missing part.
We sure don't have any problems with the phone company.
Shoppers are used to standing on long lines at this store.
4. Consider this excerpt from Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. What conclusions can you draw about the italicized words?
(1) Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!
(2) And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One two! One two!
And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
[Carroll, L. (1871). Through the looking glass and what Alice found there.]
7. Language Intuition
1. Look at the following list of nonsense words and English words. On a separate sheet of paper, create 5 original sentences using only these words but all of these words in each sentence:
mishiffen a drinking keg gwisers some were stoshly frionized
2. Ask at least 2 other people to make up 1-2 sentences using these words.
3. They must use all of the words in each sentence.
4. When they finish writing the sentences, ask them if they can tell you why they wrote the sentences as they did.
5. Compare your sentences with those you collected from your informants.
6. How many sentences were the same?
7. How many were different?
8. Were there any sentences that surprised you or that you found unusual? Why or why not?
9. Bring your sentences, the sentences your informants wrote, and their comments to class. Compare these with those other classmates gathered.
10. What insights did you gain into the idea of "language as a system" or "language as a set of blueprints?"
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