LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS OVERVIEW • The origin of Language • Features of Language • Knowledge of Language • Linguistics • Branches of Linguistics • Approaches to Linguistic Studies • Schools of Linguistics THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE • The divine source • The natural sound source o Primitive words o Cuckoo‚ splash‚ rattle‚ hiss‚ buzz o “Bow-wow theory of language origin.” • The social interaction source • The physical adaptation source
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PAPER 6 (DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS) Discuss synchronic and diachronic approaches to language. In opposition to the totally historical view of language of the previous hundred years‚ Ferdinand de Saussure emphasized the importance of seeing from two distinct and largely exclusive points of view‚ which he called "synchronic" and "diachronic". The word "chronic" has been derived from Greek word "chronos" which means time. Synchronic linguistics sees language as a living whole‚ existing as a state
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meaningful messages or receive and understand messages. ‘How is language organised in order to be meaningful?’ This is the question we ask and attempt to answer at the level of semantics. Semantics is that level of linguistic analysis where meaning is analysed. It is the most abstract level of linguistic analysis‚ since we cannot see or observe meaning as we can observe and record sounds. Meaning is related very closely to the human capacity to think logically and to understand. So when we try to analyse meaning
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Betanco‚ Nelida Professor Cecil English 106 February 13‚ 2013 A Discourse Analysis Throughout the world each individual is a member of a certain Discourse community. A Discourse community is a place where people share the same mechanisms of inter-communication among its members‚ as well as utilizing and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative furtherance of its aims. Each individual pertains to a certain community whether they acknowledge it or not. However‚ the first community
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Linguistic assignment An essay about morphology Morphology which is one branch of linguistic .Its etymology is Greek: morph- means ‘shape‚ form’‚ and morphology is the study of form or forms. It was basically used in biology but then was used in the middle of the nineteenth century‚ has also used to describe the type of investigation. Morphemes are the elements form of linguistic message‚ or in other words a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function. Morphemes can indicate the plural or
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meaning of the words in which it functions. Discussion If a root does not occur by itself in a meaningful way in a language‚ it is referred to as a bound morpheme. Examples (English) • Disestablish • Establishment • Establishments In linguistics‚ a stem is a part of a word. The term is used with slightly different meanings. In one usage‚ a stem is a form to which affixes can be attached.Thus‚ in this usage‚ the English word friendships contains the stem friend‚ to which the derivational
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Name : Irwan Eko Sugiharjo NIM : 20126012051 Subject : Literature Teaching Lecturer : Prof. Dr. V. Miharso‚ M.Hum My Way by Paul Anka 1969; A Song Lyrics Analysis * Lyrics My Way by Paul Anka 1969 And now‚ the end is near; And so I face the final curtain. My friend‚ I’ll say it clear‚ I’ll state my case‚ of which I’m certain. I’ve lived a life that’s full. I’ve traveled each and every highway; But more‚ much more than this‚ I did it my way. Regrets
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Speculative Anatomy Meets Articulatory Phonetics Human’s anatomy enables them to articulate a lot of sounds. However‚ there is a kind of alternate creatures named stumans that evolve completely different ways to eat and breath. Their oral cavities and breathing organs are not connected together. And therefore stumans evolve separate path to inhale air and eat food. Stumans’ anatomy nevertheless may influence their ability to produce speech sounds. Without the connection between the oral cavity
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1. Linguistic features of Germanic languages: vowels. Germanic languages also have some peculiarities in the sphere of vowel sounds‚ which distinguish them from other Indo-European languages. Their main characteristic feature in this sphere is the treatment of the Indo-European short vowels o and a and the long vowels o and a. Indo-European short o and a appear as short a languages. E.g.:in IE Germanic Russ. Яблоко germ. Apfel Lat. Noctem goth. Nahts Russ.ночь germ. Nacht Indo-European
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Language plays an important role in human life. One tries to acquire‚ learn and use language as a means of communication‚ and simultaneously as social symbol of humanity. It forms the foundation of our perceptions‚ communications‚ and daily interactions. By using language someone could make statements‚ convey facts and knowledge explain or report something‚ and keep social relations among the language users. It is a system of symbols by which we categorize‚ organize‚ and clarify our thinking. Language
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