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Psycholinguistics

Psycholinguistics. By Rina HF. The Influence of Culture on Syntax. Does culture influence language significantly in any other way than the interests of the culture determining how many and what words a language will have? E.g. in English Language and Navajo

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Psycholinguistics

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  1. Psycholinguistics By Rina HF

  2. The Influence of Culture on Syntax • Does culture influence language significantly in any other way than the interests of the culture determining how many and what words a language will have? • E.g. in English Language and Navajo • The horse kicked the mule. Subject/verb/ object • Lii’ dzannezzyiztal. Subject/ object/ verb Horse mule kicked • There is no obvious cultural reason to explain this. It’s just a pattern or form children are confronted with in acquiring the language, it’s a form or structure or complex pattern that is not related in any close way to the culture. By Rina HF

  3. Discourse : Language in Context • Linguistics also involves moving beyond words and the syntax of phrases and sentences to study how language is used in real contexts for instance in a different social groups. e.g. in Bahasa Indonesia: Bapakbolehtidaksayameminjanbukuitu? Jon bolehnggakakupinjambukuitu? However, May be some of social groups uses different varieties of language but some others not. e.g. in Betawinese Mau pergikemaneemak? Mau pergikemane Din? It can be seen that there isn’t varieties in the dialogue above. By Rina HF

  4. Types of Language • If we discuss about type of language means we study of linguistic typology.For instance, if we see from the morpheme: e.g. Vietnamese Com naungoaitroi an rat nhat Rice cook out sky eat very tasteless e.g. Greenlandic Eskimo Silar -luk - ka -u -si -qa - lu -ni -lu Outside bad strongly be become have inf. 3rd sing and Single morpheme One word long By Rina HF

  5. The grammars of all languages are so complex that we can not say of any language as a whole that it is simpler or neater that another. We can only say this if we look at a particular part of grammar of a given language. By Rina HF

  6. Language Change • A language is never “perfect”but always a compromise between these two forces, as well as various forces stemming from history and culture. But this compromise is always played out within the limits set by the human biological specification for language. e.g. in English he’s gone ( less clear because he is? Or he has?) By Rina HF

  7. Human makes two demands on anything that they will accept as a native ( first)language. ( Actually, these demands stem from the biological inheritance with which every child is born thanks to the process of human evolution). • A native language ( one acquired by children) be fast ( quick and efficient) • Clear (expressive and informative) By Rina HF

  8. Thank You By Rina HF

  9. Thank You By Rina HF

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