Syntax

1. prescriptive vs.descriptive

1.1. Prescriptive is how we should speak , descriptive: is deacribe how we actually speak.

2. performance vs .copetence

2.1. performance:what we actually produce, competence: what we know about language

3. inate knowledge:is built in ; hard wired

4. acquired knowledge: is gatherd subconsciously and comes from external sources

5. learning vs.acquisition

5.1. learning:consicous gaining of knowledge, acquistion: subconscious gaining of knowledge

6. WHAT IS SYNTAX

6.1. The scientfic study of sentence structure

7. what is a sentence?

7.1. organized structure of words that maps sound to meaning and vice versa

8. learned knowledge: it comes from external sources