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    Nature of the Linguistic Sign Ferdinand de Saussure 1. Sign‚ Signified Signifier Some people regard language‚ when reduced to its elements as a naming-process only--a list of words‚ each corresponding to the thing that it names. For example: operation--an assumption that is anything but true. But this rather naive approach can bring us near the truth by showing us that the linguistic unit is a double entity‚ one formed by the associating of two terms. We This conception is open to criticism

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    [pic] [pic] Linguistics Chapter 1 Invitations to Linguistics 1.1 Why study language? 1. Language is very essential to human beings. 2. In language there are many things we should know. 3. For further understanding‚ we need to study language scientifically. 1.2 What is language? Language is a means of verbal communication. It is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication. 1.3 Design features of language The features that define our human languages can be called

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    Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics‚ but has no autonomous domain of its own. Types of Stylistics: 1. Computational Stylistics: Study of patterns formed in particular texts‚ authors‚ genres‚ periods via computational methods. Through the use of computers‚ it should be possible to achieve more accurate detection and explanation of such linguistic patterns. 2. Linguo-Stylistics: Linguo-stylistics

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    Подготовить конспекты по следующим разделам: 1. Applied linguistics 1 History The term applied linguistics dates back at least to the 1940s in the USA when linguists applied analytical methods to the practical problems of producing grammars and phrasebooks and developing language courses. 2 What Is Applied Linguistics? Applied linguistics: (1) was interdisciplinary‚ drawing on psychology‚ sociology‚ and pedagogy as well as theoretical linguistics; (2) included a range of fields including lexicography

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    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‚ we are trying to analyse our own capacity to think and understand‚ our own ability to create meaning. Semantics concerns itself with ‘giving a systematic account of the nature of meaning’

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    Linguistics is the scientific study of human language.[1][2][3][4][5] Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form‚ language meaning‚ and language in context. The earliest known activities in descriptive linguistics have been attributed toPāṇini around 500 BCE‚ with his analysis of Sanskrit in Ashtadhyayi.[6] One subfield of linguistics is the study of language structure‚ or grammar. This focuses on the system of rules followed by the users of a language

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    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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    Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics‚ but has no autonomous domain of its own.[1][2] The preferred object of stylistic studies is literature‚ but not exclusively "high literature" but also other forms of written texts such as text from the domains of advertising‚ pop culture‚ politics or religion.[3] Stylistics also attempts to establish principles capable of explaining the particular choices

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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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    Linguistics III Set 1: Cross linguistic influence and learner language Psychological principles of SLA form the foundation stones for building a comprehensible understanding of the acquisition of the linguistic system. The studies was centered on the contrasts between the native lang and the target lang (contrastive analysis) and the effect of the native on the target lang (cross linguistic influence). 1-The contrastive analysis Hypothesis It’s the study of two languages in contrast. Based on

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