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Linguistics

Linguistics. What is Linguistics? Look at the word , what could it mean ?. We can split the word Linguistics into the following :. Ling = Lingua = of the tongue ( origin Latin )

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Linguistics

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  1. Linguistics

  2. Whatis Linguistics?Look attheword, whatcoulditmean?

  3. WecansplitthewordLinguisticsintothefollowing: • Ling = Lingua = ofthetongue (originLatin) • ist = a suffixofnouns, oftencorrespondingtoverbsending in -izeornounsending in -ism,thatdenote a personwhopracticesorisconcernedwithsomething, orholdscertainprinciples, doctrines, etc.: apologist; dramatist; machinist; novelist; realist; socialist; Thomist. Cf. -ism, -istic, -ize.

  4. = thescientificstudyoflanguage • = patternsandsystems in language

  5. Wecan break it down intocomponents

  6. So whatislanguage? • Language is a systemthroughwhichwecommunicate. • Why do weneedlanguage, whatisitspurpose? • Tocommunicateemotionsandfeelings.

  7. What do all worldlanguageshave? • Thousandsofwords • Waysofmodifyingthemeaningofwords (take, took, havetaken, istaking, will betaken) • Negation • Form questions • Allowabstractions (redness, curvature – usingprefixandsuffix) • Deplacement – using different time zones • Language manipulation

  8. Activity • GW: • Decide which languages goes together with which sentences.

  9. Feedback • What did you notice? • How did you decide where to put the languages? – criteria used • What have you just done? • Compared languages = comparative linguistics

  10. Language Wheel work • Look at your language wheel and fill in the sheet.

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