AYDIN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (PHD PROGRAM) LINGUISTICS DR VEYSEL KILIÇ ESMA ŞENEL Y1112.620021 HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS Linguistics as a study endeavors to describe and explain the human faculty of language. The history of linguistics is a branch of intellectual history‚ for it deals with history of ideas- ideas about language- and not directly with language itself (Law
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.........................................................4 Unit I. Introduction to Semantics…………………………….5 1.1. A Short History of Semantics…………………………………………….6 1.2. Definition and Object of Semantics……………………………………..11 1.3. Semantics and Semiotics………………………………………………...14 Conclusions…………………………………………………………………..15 Self-assessment tests…………………………………………………………16 Exercises……………………………………………………………………..17 Unit II. The Problem of Meaning………………………………18 2. 1. The Concept of Meaning………………………………………………
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LITERARY THEORY Misconceptions about theory: 1. Theory is difficult What is difficult however is the language because most of the theorists are French 2. theory is meaningless‚ pretentious jargon 3. that we are intellectually incapable of coping with it(i.e we are at fault) 4. We take everything as gospel truth; We should question What is literary theory? Theory is a coherent set of conceptual hypothetical and pragmatic principles forming the general frame of reference for a discipline
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most important of all the instruments of civilization” (Richards‚ 1986) and what makes me fascinated by it is that it is not only bounded by spoken words and its pragmatics and syntax but language gives us a glimpse of one’s culture. According to Saussure language has three parts.
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[pic] (Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith n.d.) Star Wars III DVD cover- Textual analysis Communication is imperative to the life of our culture. Fiske (1990:2) describes communication as “the production and exchange of meanings. It is concerned with how messages‚ or texts‚ interact with people in order to produce meanings”. All humans instinctively look for meaning amongst countless forms of texts all the time‚ whether it be in television commercials‚ friends ’ fashion sense or architectural
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G NS‚ IN F O R M A T I O N‚ N O R MS A ND SYST E MS Ronald Stamper School of Management Studies University of Twente POBox 217‚ 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands Tel: +31.53.894038 Fax: +31.53.339885 email: r.k.stamper@sms.utwente.nl In The Semiotics of the Workplace‚ edited by B. Holmqvist and P.B. Andersen in 1995‚ (c) 1994 Ronald Keith Stamper. All rights reserved. Signs‚ Information‚ Norms and Systems Ronald Stamper The motivation behind the work reported here has been practical since
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Book Review “Media and Cultural Theory” Book Review Media and Cultural Theory Book “Media and Cultural Study” containing new thinking and brings together international scholars to address key issues and debates within Media and Cultural Studies. The takes as its starting point from enlightenment. Focusing on the three theories of the pre and post Enlightenment‚ it is easy to see how they sit as cornerstone of
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which describes part of native speakers’ implicit knowledge‚ which is innate‚ while langue is the actual use of language‚ what‚ may be quite incomplete and imperfect. These terms were conveyed by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. RP Received Pronunciation is a term which describes the British English accent‚ which is used by most announcers and newsreaders on serious national and international BBC broadcasting channels. Phonology When
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The Colossus by Sylvia Plath as an example of ideology or feminist writing. You may begin by commenting on the different definitions available for ideology in general as well as the theory of feminism. Feminism is discussed in this course as an example of modern theories and is often associated with the issue of ideology. Your discussion should refer to the discussion of these terms as well as the major elements connected to them (e.g. gender‚ écriture feminine‚ patriarchy‚ etc.). In your analysis
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the aim of satisfying immediate needs‚ i.e. start producing behavior instead of responding. Human results from the labour of man himself [Rossi-Landi 1983‚ p. 35-37; 1975‚ p. 31-69]. Thus‚ language is a result of human activity. Language vs Speech Saussure also separated language from speech‚ which is an individual act of will and mind. Within this act‚ according to him‚ it is important to distinguish operations‚ in which the speker uses the code of language to express thoughts‚ and a psychological
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