The science of human language Language is the subject matter of linguistics What is language? SET /REPERTOIRE TOOL MEANS OF INTERACTION KINESICS FLEXIBLE Creative Rule-governed Arbitrary Discrete To acquire Fully-fledged Sound /Phonetics /Phonology Word/Morphology Sentence/Syntax Meaning/Semantics Tacitly Gender Breach Finite set of rules / infinite Linguist To be under oath NEOLOGISM GURU SCHOOLS OF LINGUISTICS School /Trend /Approach /Frame of Thinking Principles
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Traditional and modern dialictology Historically‚ the study of language in society features three perspectives: Geographical perspective (since 19th century)‚ Anthropological perspective (since 1920s)‚ the study of language and culture Sociological perspective (since 1960s). Anthropology‚ sociology A major distinction is made between the geographical perspective‚ also referred to as traditional dialectology‚ and the sociological perspective‚ or modern dialectology. Dialectology as such is
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Communication versus Language Humans have the ability to encode and develop abstract ideas and engage in problem solving. It is this ability that allows man to use language in its simplest and complex forms. Animal communication lacks the complexity we associate with human language based on the nature and functions of language. While animals may possess some of these features‚ humans by far possess all. Communication is not synonymous with language. It is true that all language facilitates communication
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PARTS OF SPEECH: “Parts of speech” are the basic types of words that English has. It is important to be able to recognize and identify the different types of words in English‚ so that you can understand grammar explanations and use the right word form in the right place. Here is a brief explanation of what the parts of speech are: Noun A noun is a naming word. It names a person‚ place‚ thing‚ idea‚ living creature‚ quality‚ or action. Examples: cowboy‚ theatre‚ box‚ thought‚ tree‚ kindness
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history of speech communities to study the history of words‚ i.e. etymology. Contents [hide] 1 History and development 2 Evolution into other fields 3 Sub-fields of study 3.1 Comparative linguistics 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Dialectology 3.4 Phonology 3.5 Morphology 3.6 Syntax 4 Conservative‚ innovative‚ archaic 5 See also 6 Citations and notes 7 References 8 Recommended readings [edit]History and development Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century. It grew out
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some other languages‚ Vietnamese has phonotactic features that keep native learners from pronouncing English like native speakers. In fact we know that‚ English pronunciation is reputedly a difficult barier in good learning this language. English phonetic features are very different from Vietnamese‚ however‚ almost English learners don’t attach much importance to this or teacherselves don’t make learners aware of the important of good English pronounciation at the beginning of learning English. In
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“Gender difference in the Chinese language” Marjorile KM Chan Summary: The passage talks about the difference between the language use in male and female. Phonetic and phonology 1. Pitch ofvoice Different pitch ranges may also be operation for female bilingual speakers Larger pitch ragne Chinese vs non-tone language (English) 150 Hz female (average above) 150 Hz (anything on or below) 2. Pronunciation difference Generally more sensitive to the prestige standard pronuncitaion Female
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its development over time‚ that means that we take a historical approach and we speak of a diachronic lexicology. Lexicology is only one possible level of analysis of language the other levels are organized hierarchically starting with: Phonetics and Phonology => (sounds/phonemes) Grammar Semantics Word – Giving a proper definition to the word has been a challenge for lexicologists because no matter how comprehensive they tried to be‚ there always exist some items in language that are considered
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