I made a Prezi presentation regarding the rules of language. You can check it out by clicking the link provided above.
As I summarized in the presentation, there are four rules governing language, which are phonological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic rules. To make it simple, the phonological rule is about sounds and pronunciation, the syntactic rule is about the structure of sentences, the semantic rule is about the meaning of words, and lastly, the pragmatic rule is about language in everyday interaction.
As a person who speaks English as a second language, I have struggled with the aspect of the syntactic rule between English and Korean. According to the Youtube video, which is "Are sentences more like a bracelet or a mobile?" it is important the linear structure of sentences, and also the relationship of words in sentences. If a language can be explained only with linear structures, it may not be challenging to learn that much. Unfortunately, a language has a very detailed and complicated relationship between words, so that learning a second language consumes lots of time.
Reference
Adler, Rodman, and du Pre (2017). Understanding Human Communication (13th ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
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