TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Introduction to linguistics: Introduction to linguistics

In this chapter, students will be able to understand: What is linguistics, linguistics is not philology, linguistics is not about language learning or teaching, linguistics is not concerned with evaluation of a language in use, what linguistics is not? linguistics vs. traditional grammar,. | Introduction to Linguistics Lecture # 1 Dr. Ansa Hameed Misconceptions What is your profession? I am a teacher. What do you teach? I teach Linguistics. Oh! It means you can speak a lot of languages. Well! I’m sorry. I can’t actually. What is Linguistics??? Linguistics is not teaching of or knowing about a particular language or set of languages. It’s beyond that. Do you know what Linguistics is???? Linguistics is study of Languages. Yes At the same time, it’s too much more than it There are lot of misconceptions regarding the discipline of Linguistics To know What Linguistics is? It’s crucial to know what Linguistics is not? (Crystal, 1) What is Linguistics??? 1. Linguistics is not Philology Philology is the study of history of language over time (Historical/ Diachronic approach) Linguistics is concerned with a language(s) at one particular time without tracing history (Synchronic approach) What Linguistics is not?? is not about Language Learning or Teaching Linguistics has not much concern with the discipline of Language Teaching or Learning But, it can improve ability of language learning because it talks about general forms and rules common to human language What Linguistics is not?? 3. Linguistics is not concerned with Evaluation of a Language in Use Evaluation is job of critics not linguists Linguistics is objective What Linguistics is not?? 4. Linguistics is not concerned with Traditional Grammar Approaches towards Languages Linguistics is modern approach different from traditional grammar approaches What Linguistics is not?? 1. Speech vs. Writing Modern Linguistics value difference between speech and writing . written plural forms are same but oral are different one: Boats ending sound ‘s’ Trains ending sound ‘z’ We speak before we write, sometimes we only speak Traditional Grammar approaches don’t identify that written and verbal (speech) languages are two different forms Thus they tend to use the rules of one form over other What .

• Ngôn ngữ học
• Introduction to linguistics
• Sign language
• Applied Linguistics
• Ngôn ngữ học
• Traditional grammar
• Branches of linguistics
• 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
• Ferdinand de saussure
• The Prague School
• Relational grammar
• First language acquisition
• Bound morpheme
• Types of free morpheme
• Levels of language
• 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
• Language origin
• 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