TERM PAPER :CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS Introduction: Contrastive Linguistics‚ roughly defined as a subdiscipline of linguistics which is concerned with the comparison of two or more (subsystems of) languages‚ has long been associated primarily with language teaching. Apart from this applied aspect‚ however‚ it also has a strong theoretical purpose‚ contributing to our understanding of language typology and language universals. The study of two languages in contrast‚ here called contrastive analysis
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RESEARCH METHOD IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychology: The way we perceive ourselves in relation to the rest of the world plays an important role in our choices‚ behaviours and beliefs. Conversely‚ the opinions of others also impact our behaviour and the way we view ourselves. Social psychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how social phenomena influence us and how people interact with others. Social psychology is the scientific study of how people’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviours
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Applied Anthropology is the use of anthropological knowledge and skills to solve practical problems; the application of anthropological expertise to the needs of society. It is also referred to as the fifth subfiled of anthropology‚ which works within physical‚ cultural‚ archeological and linguistic anthropology‚ to faciliate positive outcomes in troubled araeas of human need. The work of Dr. Mikel Hogan interested me the most; I have never before given a thought as to how applied anthropology
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Mahmoud Moh’d Al-Hihi Linguistics for Elementary Teachers (CI324) After reading the first and second chapters‚ in How Linguistics are Learned‚ I am interested by what Lightbown and Spada (2006) argued. The authors claimed that “The development of bilingual or second language learning is of enormous importance” (p.25). They argued also that acquisition of more than one language in our new global world is rewarding for bilingual individuals socially and economically. The authors stated that most
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Question #19: What is meant by Inflection? Illustrate. Assuming my definition does not define inflections found in one particular language‚ and instead be defined in general terms (associated within all languages affected)‚ the word inflection in linguistics is an adjustment made to stem (in the form of a prefix‚ suffix‚ infix‚ etc.) to clarify: how many‚ to which gender an object belongs‚ when an event has taken place‚ in which tense the 3rd person (singular) has acted‚ mood‚ voice‚ and also in the
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What is evolutionary psychology? In the three and a half centuries since William Harvey proved that the purpose of the heart is to pump blood‚ physiologists have revealed the functional organization of the body in blinding detail. Their discoveries demonstrate beyond question that the structure of the body serves survival and reproduction. Further‚ there is near unanimity among biologists that this functional structure is a product of natural selection. In our century‚ psychologists have developed
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Linguistic diversity in society and a society’s system of social stratification goes in hands in hands. The more ethnic or diverse language‚ the less that it is valued by society. The less Europeans sounding language the less “civilized” the group is perceived by society. This occur even within a culture‚ for example in Haiti the standard language is French even though the majority of the country speak creole. In Haiti‚ French is viewed as if you are educated and if you are fluent in French then
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04_ogra_sg_ch04.qxd 9/2/11 4:25 PM Page 71 CHAPTER 4. MORPHOLOGY: THE ANALYSIS OF WORD STRUCTURE Morphology is the study of words: their categories‚ their internal structure‚ and the operations that form them. Important topics and concepts found in this chapter include the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Morphological terminology Identifying morphemes Identifying lexical categories Analyzing word structure Derivation Compounding Inflection Morphological processes Morphology
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Speech act is a technical term in linguistics and the philosophy of language. The contemporary use of the term goes back to J. L. Austin ’s discovery of performative utterances and his theory of locutionary‚ illocutionary‚ and perlocutionary acts. Speech acts are commonly taken to include such acts as promising‚ ordering‚ greeting‚ warning‚ inviting and congratulating. Contents * 1 Locutionary‚ illocutionary and perlocutionary acts * 2 Illocutionary acts * 2.1 Classifying illocutionary
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1. Describe the major goals and methods of the ethnography of communication. 2. Discuss the interrelationships of gender and language in English speakers. 3. Outline the objectives‚ methodologies‚ and results of the sociolinguistic study of language and class. 4. Describe the main goals of conversation analysis‚ indicate what features of conversation support this approach and discuss any weaknesses of conversation analysis. 5. Summarize and critically evaluate the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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