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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Linguistics‚ though one of the youngest behavioral sciences‚ has a background extending over several millennia. During this period scholars with various interests have concerned themselves with language. Some of the most readable treatises on language were produced by the Greeks and Romans‚ such as Plato’s Cratylus and Quintilian’s advice to an orator. Much of our terminology was devised in the course of this earlier concern. Any of introductions to linguistic cannot‚ therefore‚ limit itself to one
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movements as well as spoken word. ( Pierce‚& Eplin‚1999) As one of language in the world‚ English is considered and applied as international language. Since then‚ it is very popular and has been spoken and learnt by almost people in the world. The importance of learning English cannot be overstated in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. It is indisputably the primary language of global trade and commerce. In many countries‚ most tourism authorities and other officials in contact with
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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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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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hypothetical questions they address and their respective narrative functions. The table also provides information on the sort of linguistic forms that each component typically takes. With the exception of Evaluation‚ the categories listed on the Table are arranged Table C5.1 Labov’s model of natural narrative Narrative category Narrative question Narrative function Linguistic form ABSTRACT What was this about? Signals that the story is A short summarising about to begin and statement
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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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Language and Mind – Spring 2013 – Second Practice Exam 1. Which of the following statements about parameters is FALSE? a. They specify the limits on possible differences between languages b. They do not belong to Universal Grammar # c. Their values must be “set” on the basis of experience 2. From the viewpoint of the principles-and-parameters theory‚ the process of language acquisition consists of: a. Setting the choice for each parameter that fits the language that is being acquired # b. Storing
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Metaphor is for most people a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish—a matter of extraordinary rather than ordinary language. Moreover‚ metaphor is typieully viewed as characteristic of language alone‚ a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason‚ most people think they can get along perfectly well without metaphor. We have found‚ on the contrary‚ that metaphor is pervasive in everyday life‚ not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual
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