The study of Linguistics. How does the grammar taught in a Language Arts class in school differ from the grammar that linguists analyze? What exactly do linguists do with language?

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Option A) The study of Linguistics. How does the grammar taught in a Language Arts class in school differ from the grammar that linguists analyze? What exactly do linguists do with language?

Option B) Opinions about Language. What are the two different approaches to grammar discussed so far in this class? According to your course readings and lecture notes, what are some examples of the beliefs about language that come from these two approaches?

Option C) Accents. Where do accents come from? Who has an accent? What are some of the ways North American English varies in its sounds?

Option D) Words. How do languages form words? What are some of the ways language speakers create new words? How can words be analyzed?