Chapter 12 Theories and Schools of Modern linguistics Introduction The Prague School • Introduction • Phonology& Phonological Oppositions • Functional Sentence Perspective(FSP) The London School • Malinowski’s theories • Firth’s theories • Halliday & Systemic-Functional Grammar American Structuralism • Early Period: Boas & Sapir Bloomfield’s Theory • Post- Bloomfieldian Linguistics Transformational- Generative Grammar • The innateness hypothesis • What Is a generative grammar • The Classical
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Topics: 1. PHONETICS AS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS We begin our study of language by examining the inventory‚ structure and functions of the speech sounds. This branch of linguistics is called phonetics. Phonetics (pronounced /fəˈnɛtɪks/‚ from the Greek: φωνή‚ phōnē‚ ’sound‚ voice’) is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech‚ or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign.[1] It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or signs
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Today What is Linguistics? Descriptive vs. Prescriptive rules/grammars Linguistic competence vs. performance Readings: 1.2-1.3 LING 200 -- McGarrity 1 What is Linguistics? The scientific study and analysis of human language. LING 200 -- McGarrity 2 Core Subfields Phonetics: the study of the physical properties of speech sounds (acoustic phonetics) and how they are made (articulatory phonetics) e.g.‚ Park the car in Harvard yard. [p k k n h v d j d] [p a k d k a n ha v d ja d
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References: Abdul Jalil Jassim Hejal (2006) Stylistics : A contact between Linguistics and Literary Criticism. J. of Col. of Basic Education. Pdf. Web. Retrieved from: http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=69572 Eifring‚ Halvor & Theil‚ Rolf (2005). Linguistics for Students of Asian and African Languages. Pdf. Web. Retrieved from : http://www.uio.no/ Fairly‚ Irene R. (1979). "Experimental Approaches to Language in
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The university of Tripoli The English department Postgraduate program The fall semester 2012 Course in Contrastive analysis A research on what is Contrastive analysis Extracted by Abo-ajela.M. Attamimi Academically supervised by Dr. Habeeb Alramaash Table of contents 1- What is Contrastive Analysis? Page 3 2- Types of Contrastive analysis Page 4-5 3- History and development
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1.1 Language‚ Linguistics and Lexicology 1.2 Aims and Significance of the Course 1.1 Language‚ Linguistics and Lexicology What is language? a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication. a specific social action a carrier of information. “Language is man’s way of communication with his fellow man and it is language alone which separate him from the lower animals” English Lexicology(I) 7 1.1 Language‚ Linguistics and Lexicology What is linguistics? scientific
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An Introduction To Pragmatics Bruce Fraser Boston University December 1987 PREFACE Linguistic pragmatics is the study of linguistic communication . The writer here presented a general picture of what researchers in the field see to be the " received dicta " . He has borrowed liberally from any and all available sources ‚ usually without attribution . CHAPTER 1 THE DOMAIN OF PRAGMATICS 1. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS : Syntactic studying the ways in which signs are combined and the signification
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proposed that when translating different texts‚ the sequence of considering elements from level A to level F is used. It is good for both of these two theories to go beyond the linguistic level and realize a different value of each element (information‚ aesthetic effects‚ appealing effects‚ linguistic components and non-linguistic determinants) for
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world’s a stage‚ And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; — William Shakespeare‚ As You Like It‚ Other writers employ the general terms ground and figure to denote tenor and the vehicle. In cognitive linguistics‚ the terms target and source are used respectively. The Philosophy of Rhetoric (1936) by I. A. Richards describes a metaphor as having two parts: the tenor and the vehicle. The tenor is the subject to which attributes are ascribed. The vehicle
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CHOMSKY AND HALLIDAY’S CONTRIBUTIONS IN LINGUISTICS (Avram) Noam Chomsky is an eminent linguist and a radical political philosopher of international reputation. He was born on December 7‚ 1928 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania‚ USA) where he grew up in a family of Ukrainian and Belarusian Jewish immigrants who had gone through New York before settling in Philadelphia. His father‚ Dr. William Chomsky‚ was a Hebrew grammarian‚ and his mother‚ Elsie Chomsky‚ was a teacher. His father fueled his academic
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