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Introduction to Linguistics: What Do Linguists Do and How It Relates to You

This class introduces the field of linguistics, covering theoretical and applied aspects, language sounds, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Explore how linguists study communication, slang, and non-verbal communication. Learn about language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and language preservation.

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Introduction to Linguistics: What Do Linguists Do and How It Relates to You

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  1. Introduction to Linguistics LI 2013 Nathalie F. Martin

  2. Outline of Today’s Class Today’s objective: • What do linguists do? • What is linguistics? • Theoretical linguistics vs. applied linguistics • How can linguistics relate to you?

  3. LINGUISTS What do linguists do?

  4. Linguists Linguists Don’t Necessarily Know Many Languages

  5. Linguists Linguists do grammar differently

  6. What Didja Ya Say? Linguists Study Language As It Is Spoken Linguists

  7. SpokenLanguage:Slang Linguists have the tools to study slang! Linguists

  8. Linguists Linguists Study Communication

  9. Linguists They also studyNon-verbal communication

  10. LINGUISTICS Theoretical linguistics Applied Linguistics

  11. 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)

  12. Phonetics (Language Sounds):Accents

  13. Phonetics (Language Sounds):Pronounciation

  14. Phonology:Analysis of sounds within a language

  15. Morphology (Word Parts):

  16. Syntax:Putting SpeechTogether Syntax: Arrangement of words in sentences (spoken language or written language)

  17. Semantics(Word Meanings):Manywords have more than one meaning

  18. Pragmatics (Language in use)

  19. Pragmatics (Language in use)

  20. Neuro linguistic Psycho linguistic • Theoretical Linguistics: • Phonetic • Phonology • Morphology • Syntax • Lexicology • Semantic Language policies and planning Socio linguistic Dialectology Ethno linguistic Applied Linguistics Etc.

  21. “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

  22. Language Acquisition 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. 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 »

  23. Neurolinguistics:Language Anomalies

  24. Sociolinguistics:Language differences between Social Classes:

  25. Language Difference Between Different Generations

  26. Language Difference Between Genders

  27. Written or Spoken Language? Linguisticscanstudy: Texting and it’seffects on writtenlanguage

  28. Preservation of Native Languages

  29. Translation Linguists like the ones working for SIL or Wycliff need a good grasp of Linguistic Theory and Practice.

  30. Difficulties in translation

  31. DoubtfulTranslations

  32. SignLanguages

  33. Missionary Work Somewords of caution concerningmissionarywork:

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