Abstract

A person who speaks a language may be said to have mastered the grammar of that language. Knowing a language can be equated with knowing its grammar. The word ‘grammar’, as used here, refers to the set of rules that the speakers of a language carry around in their heads and that they employ in producing and interpreting sentences. The word ‘grammar’ also refers of course to descriptions of these rules in books. It is the job of the linguist to provide such descriptions.

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