Comparetive and Historical Linguistics in the 19th Century The 19th century * was the era of the comparative and historical study of languages (especially of the Indo-European l-ges); * saw the development of modern conceptions‚ theoretical and methodological of comparative and historical linguistics‚ and the greatest concentration of scholarly effort and scholarly ability in linguistics was devoted to this aspect of the subject; * prevailed the opinion that linguistics was mainly historical
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production. Basic terminology Classification of sciences 24 main branches (e.g. linguistics) 221 branches (e.g. applied linguistics) 1995 sub-branches {applications} (e.g. sociology) Linguistics can be: 1. theoretical or applied; 2. synchronic (descriptive) or diachronic (historical). Diachronic linguistics: 1. comparative; 2. history of linguistics (historical); 3. etymology. Synchronic linguistics: 1. descriptive (phonetics and phonology; grammar; morphology; syntax;
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Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) What is Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)? Applied behaviour analysis‚ commonly referred to as "ABA" is a systematic method of supporting and/or altering behaviour. It involves studying behaviour (via observation)‚ analysing the steps involved in producing a behaviour‚ and then teaching or modifying these steps one at a time. The principles of behaviour therapy have been developed through more than 50 years of scientific research. Key components of ABA are:
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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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FORMALIST FUNCTIONALIS T OF LINGUISTICS Siti Rabiatul Noorjan bt M. Saadom Aida Zukrina bt Zulkefly FORMALIST Also known as generative linguistics “Language as a system of rules” Language is a set of sentences Description shows which sentences are in the set and which out REF ; martin 1992‚3 NOAM CHOMSKY Chomsky Linguistic Theory Structure of language formalism concentrates on the set of rules a language has (competence)‚ and not on the usage of this set when producing phrases
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TOPIC: THE LINGUISTICS VARIATION BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATION’S STUDENTS SEMESTER THREE IN POLY TECH MARA COLLEGE KUALA LUMPUR (KPTM KL) 1.1 INTRODUCTION The linguistic variation is the important part to study the sociolinguistics. Therefore‚ we as group members have decided to complete our study in sociolinguistics subject of this semester by completing this main subject with this final project. The Linguistic Variation between Male and Female of Corporate Communication’s
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Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood Education Linguistic diversity in American homes has risen dramatically over the years especially in children under the age of six. Households of more than one in five school age children speak a language other than the English language. (nayec.org) Along with the rate of linguistic diversity rising‚ so has the issues and concerns associated with it. Problems arise with negative attitudes towards the diverse students and the language they speak‚ the
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attention and been studied from a variety of perspectives. Code-switching is a linguistics term denoting the concurrent use of more than one language‚ or language variety‚ in conversation. Multilinguals‚ people who speak more than one language‚ sometimes use elements of multiple languages in conversing with each other. Thus‚ code-switching is the syntactically and phonologically appropriate use of more than one linguistic variety. Speakers form and establish a pidgin language when two or more speakers
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Distinctive features of the Cognitive Linguistic approach to language study Draft John R Taylor and Jeannette Littlemore To appear in: J Littlemore and J Taylor (eds)‚ Bloomsbury Companion to Cognitive Linguistics. 2014. 1. Defining and positioning Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive linguistics began as an approach to the study of language‚ but it now has implications and applications far beyond language in any traditional sense of the word. It has its origins in the 1980s as a conscious
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金融英语的语言特征及其翻译 专 业：英语 学 号：07121115 姓 名：阮超 指导教师姓名：白敬萱 申请学位级别：学士 论文提交日期：2011年5月 学位授予单位：天津科技大学 Linguistic Features and Translation of Financial English A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Ruan Chao Under the Supervision of Bai Jingxuan School of Foreign Languages Tianjin University of Science and Technology May 2011 ABSTRACT With increasingly closer communications on business
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