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Introduction to Linguistics. Laughter and Language A short intro to linguistics. Nathalie F. Martin. Introduction to Linguistics. LI 2013 Nathalie F. Martin. Linguists Don’t Necessarily Know Many Languages. Linguists do grammar differently. What Didja Ya Say?.
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Introduction to Linguistics Laughter and Language A short intro to linguistics Nathalie F. Martin
Introduction to Linguistics LI 2013 Nathalie F. Martin
What Didja Ya Say? Linguists Study Language As It Is Spoken
SpokenLanguage:Slang Linguists have the tools to study slang!
Theoretical linguistics • Phonetics • Phonology • Morphology • Syntax • Semantics • Pragmatics (Language Sounds) (Language Sounds Interaction) (Word parts) (Arrangement of Words in a Sentence) (Word & sentence Meanings) (Language in Use)
Syntax:Putting SpeechTogether Syntax: Arrangement of words in sentences (spoken language or written language)
Semantics(Word Meanings):Manywords have more than one meaning
Neuro linguistic Psycho linguistic • Theoretical Linguistics: • Phonetic • Phonology • Morphology • Syntax • Lexicology • Semantic Language policies and planning Socio linguistic Dialectology Ethno linguistic Applied Linguistics Etc.
“What s‘it to me?” Branches and fields of linguistics: • Language acquisition • Psycholingusitics • Sociolinguistics • Differences between social classes, gender, age • Language preservation • Teaching • Translation Lexicographer: dictionaries Foreign language teacher Translator Missionary Speech therapist Actor
Language Acquisition Once in Church, we asked the children in Sunday School to explain the meaning of complicated « christianees » words. When asked the meaning of « sinner » many of them replied: « More Sin » They applied the rule that is used for adjectives like « big » that becomes « bigger », « fat », that becomes « fatter ». They did not yet realize that « sin » is a noun and they did not understand the meaning of the word.
Sociolinguistics:Language differences between Social Classes:
Written or Spoken Language? Linguisticscanstudy: Texting and it’seffects on writtenlanguage
Translation Linguists like the ones working for SIL or Wycliff need a good grasp of Linguistic Theory and Practice.
Missionary Work Somewords of caution concerningmissionarywork: