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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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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power over the Handmaid¡¯s‚ which she enjoys as well as the power that she had over most of the household. Each of these people complain and suffer in the story‚ but once they have that one thing that makes it seem alright‚ they just go with the flow. Ch. 42 The Handmaids are herded into the Harvard yard to watch the Salvagings‚ 2 by 2. They are surrounded by ¡°heavy-contingent of guards‚ special-detail Angels‚ with riot gear¡±. Like everyday in Gilead‚ once again the Handmaids are surrounded
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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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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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Hard Determinism vs Soft Determinism In this paper‚ I will show that hard determinism is the best explanation for our lack of free will in our daily decisions. Using a love story as an example will help clarify that free will is simply a fallacy and hard determinism is accurate. Steven was a junior accounting student at the very large Penn State University. He was fairly quite and reserved‚ but had a few close friends that he grew up with. Steven is one of those guys that is not crazy and
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Hard Determinism Defined and Defended In this paper I intend to thoroughly introduce‚ explain‚ and defend the theory of hard determinism. This theory as defended by Robert Blatchford will be presented and explained using two examples. Both libertarianism and soft determinism will be given a brief overview and will have their primary objections considered and rejected. Hard determinism is a theory in philosophy addressing the issue of causal determinism‚ also known as determinism‚ and human free
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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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