TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Introduction to linguistics: Language & levels of language (Recap)

Lecture Introduction to linguistics: Language & levels of language (Recap). In this chapter, students will be able to understand: Language: definitions, language: features, language: theories about origin (new addition), language: levels. | Language & Levels of Language (Recap) Dr. Ansa Hameed Recap of previous 14-15 lectures: Topics Language: Definitions Language: Features Language: Theories about Origin (New addition) Language: Levels Today’s Lecture ‘Language is a primarily human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desire by means of a system of voluntarily produced symbols’ (Sapir, 1921) ‘Language may be defined as the expression of thought by means of speech sounds’ (Sweet, 1993) Language: Definitions ‘Language is a system of conventional, spoken or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, communicate’ (Encyclopedia Britannica) “Language is a set of finite number sentences, each finite in lingth and constructed out of a finite set of elements” Noam Chomsky(1957) Language: Definitions In simple words, Language is A tool of communication A medium to transfer ideas, thoughts The most specific human tool The biggest need of life on earth Language The important features that all human languages have in common (not solely English). Design features of language by American linguists Charles Hockett: of sound signals need for learning of patterns (productivity) dependence Features of Language Language reveals patterns of how mind works. Language is a means for mental and social development. Language is a property of the individual as well as of the society. Language is a predictor of social identity. Language is a predictor of social identity Language is used for cultural preservation and transmission Language can be used by some to exert their power over others. Minor Features of Language Two views about origin of language: MONOGENESIS:18th C. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: all ancient and modern languages branched off from a single proto-language. But it cannot explain that human language arose simultaneously at many .

• Ngôn ngữ học
• Introduction to linguistics
• Sign language
• Applied Linguistics
• Ngôn ngữ học
• Levels of language
• Language origin
• An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
• Ebook An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
• History Linguistics
• Applied linguists
• Language learning
• Professionalising of applied linguists
• Applied linguistics challenge
• Language use
• Generative linguistics
• Historical linguistics
• Traditional grammar
• Branches of linguistics
• Ferdinand de saussure
• The Prague School
• Relational grammar
• First language acquisition
• Bound morpheme
• Types of free morpheme
• Types of morphemes
• Paradigmatic view
• Noun phrase
• Adjective phrase
• Syntactic processes
• Syntactic analysis
• Ultimate constituent analysis
• Generative grammar
• Startificational grammar
• Sentential semantics
• Referential theory
• Lexical semantics
• Types of meanings
• Relevance theory
• Cooperation theory
• Argumentation theory
• Development of Language
• Distinct features of language
• Language development theories
• Language development
• Second language learning
• Learner Strategies
• Universal theory
• Brain areas involved in language
• Language disorders
• Sapir whorf hypothesis
• Language reflects society
• American sign language
• ASL Grammar
• Fingerspelled loan signs