Describe and provide an example of the four rules of language

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Answer 1

1. Phonological rules govern how words sound when spoken. We learn the rules from the dictionary (phonetics) and through our own culture (accents). For example, the word "guitar" is marked phonetically "gi táar" in a dictionary, pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable, as is common in the American North and West. Many people in the American South, however, pronounce it "GUI-tar," with the emphasis on the first syllable.
2. Semantic rules govern the way people assign meanings to words. We do so denotatively (the dictionary definition, which is literal) and connotatively (our personal definition, which is usually based on experiences). For example, where a dictionary may define "home" as "a place where one resides," my own connotative definition would be more like, "the place where you live with your family—or where you once lived—and where you feel loved and comfortable."
3. Syntactic rules govern how words are organized or ordered in a sentence or utterance. We have an innate understanding, based on our culture, of how words should be strung together, so we might say, "Let's watch TV" instead of "TV let's watch."
4. Pragmatic rules govern how verbal messages should be interpreted in a given context. For example, if a teacher says to a student, "See me after class," the student should understand from the context that s/he should go talk to the teacher as soon as class is dismissed, and not that (a) the teacher wants the student to look at him, or that (b) the teacher wants to date the student, although "see" could be understood in either of those ways.