1. Why do you think linguists are more concerned with descriptive grammars than with prescriptive grammars? (27-75 words)
2. File 1: Introduction to Linguistics
Give a prescriptive rule and a descriptive statement regarding the placement of adjectives with respect to the nouns they modify in English. Explain how each type of statement might change if, at some point in the future, younger speakers of English began saying things like shirt green or idea brilliant. (75-150 words)
3. File 2: Phonetics
Write the phonetic symbol representing each of the following sounds (don’t forget to use square brackets). The first one is given as an example.
You can use this link to get the IPA symbolsLinks to an external site.
https://ipa.typeit.org/Links to an external site.
Example: voiced palatal glide: [ j ]
voiceless post-alveolar affricate
voiced velar nasal
voiceless glottal fricative
voiced labiodental fricative
voiced interdental fricative
voiced post-alveolar fricative
voiced alveolar lateral liquid
