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LINGUISTICS AND IT ’ S FIELDS. I love being on top!. LI 2013 Nathalie F. Martin. linguistics. Table of Content. At the end of this chapter you will know: Linguistics Fields of linguistics: Descriptive linguistics Theoretical linguistics Applied linguistics Language:
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LINGUISTICS AND IT’S FIELDS I love being on top! LI 2013 Nathalie F. Martin linguistics
Table of Content At the end of this chapter you will know: • Linguistics • Fields of linguistics: • Descriptive linguistics • Theoretical linguistics • Applied linguistics • Language: • dialects, pidgins, creoles
Review: Grammar What do wemean by: • Generality • Parity • Universality • Mutability • Inaccessibility
HOMEWORK: Possible words in English • Which of the followingforms are possible words of English? • Mbood • Frall • Coofp • Ktleem • Sproke • Flube • Wordms • Bsarn Exercise # 3 (O’Grady, p. 13)
UP FOR A CHALLENGE ? • The Fields of Linguistics: Try to find ways in which linguistics could be useful for your field of study (or even for your own personal interest).
Perspectives • Describe this object: • Write on a piece of paper. • You have all given different descriptions since you looked at it in a different perspective. • The same can be said about language !
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Perspectives • The same can be said about language … • One « object », in other words « language », but different perspectives …
Perspective Grammar • Grammar: • Panini • 1st grammar • Sanskrit (4th century BC) • To preserve sacred writings • Greek • Latin and French • And today …
The earlydays of the study of language • Philology (anthropology through ancient writings) - Objet: ancient civilisations • Historical linguistics - Objet: language(s) and it’s/their evolution • Comparative linguistics: - Objet: comparison BETWEEN languages
Comparative linguistics Comparative Linguistics (examples: languages): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_method
Comparative linguistics Comparative Linguistics (examples: French dialects): • Picard : • CHAT: « ka » rather than « sha » (chat : ch'cat [ka]), • MERCI: [ke] / [ki] > [che] / chi (ex : merchi). • BOIS: [ei] > [oi] > [oe] > [o] (le bois : ch'bos) • Francian : • BOIS: [ei] > [oi] > [we] > [wa] : le bois • MERCI: [ki] > [si] (merci) Dialects of the XVIth and XVIIth centuries,
Linguistics The modern study of language
What Is Linguistics? • Ferdinand de Saussure : • Founder of modern linguistics. • His students published his course notes in 1916. • Cours de linguistique générale. • Language: Code & social institution
What Is Linguistics? • “The scientificstudy of humanlanguage.” • Scientific study of language, covering the structure (morphology and syntax; see grammar), sounds (phonology, phonetics), and meaning (semantics), as well as the history of the relations of languages to each other and the cultural place of language in human behavior.
Theoretical Linguistics • Theoretical linguistics • Phonetics • Phonology • Morphology • Syntax • Semantics • Pragmatics
Applied Linguistics • Descriptive linguistics Anthropological linguisticsComparative linguisticsHistorical linguisticsEtymology · PhoneticsSociolinguistics • Computational linguisticsForensic linguisticsLanguage acquisitionLanguage assessmentLanguage developmentLanguage educationLinguistic prescriptionLinguistic anthropologyNeurolinguisticsPsycholinguisticsStylistics
"Fields of Linguistics" Files • Read the information on each of these fields of linguistics. • Fill out this information: • Name of field • Short definition • What other field(s) is it linked to • Example • Other information • Pass along to next team … • The next team will: • Read the information contained in the file and make necessary corrections. • Give it back to the initial group, who will get ready to present the information to the class.
Fields of LINGUISTICS Sociolinguistics
Fields of LINGUISTICS Ethnolinguistics Benjamin Lee Whorf
Fields of LINGUISTICS Dialectology Atlas linguistique de la Basse-Bretagne (sud-ouest de la France)
Fields of LINGUISTICS Psycholinguistics
Fields of LINGUISTICS Lexicography
Fields of LINGUISTICS Language planning
Fields of LINGUISTICS Neurolinguistics
Fields of LINGUISTICS FORENSIC LINGUISTICS: • The use of linguistic techniques to investigate crimes in which language data constitute part of the evidence • Ex: In 1950 Timothy Evans was hanged for a murder, but then granted a posthumous pardon in 1966.
UP FOR A CHALLENGE !!! How canlinguisticsbeuseful to you in yourfield of study (or even for yourownpersonalinterest).
Explain What do I mean by this adaptation of this cartoon? I love being on top! linguistics
For Next Class • What we will see: • Homework: • Reading: • Reminder:
Have a niceday!Godblessyou!“Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” (Jud 1:24-25 )
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Contemporary Linguistics Analysis: p. 7. Mise en situation