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Language Descriptions and Language Teaching

Language Descriptions and Language Teaching. Classical grammar. Based on grammar of Latin/ancient Greek Inflections of parts of speech signal grammatical relations, e.g:. Classical grammar (contd.). Cases. Structural linguistics. The whole is the sum of the parts:

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Language Descriptions and Language Teaching

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  1. Language Descriptions and Language Teaching

  2. Classical grammar • Based on grammar of Latin/ancient Greek • Inflections of parts of speech signal grammatical relations, e.g:

  3. Classical grammar (contd.) • Cases

  4. Structural linguistics • The whole is the sum of the parts: • Morpheme/phoneme<word<group<clause< sentence

  5. Transformational-Generative Grammar • John is easy to please • John is eager to please • Acme has taken over the National Bank • The national Bank has been taken over by Acme • Language must be understood in terms of mental processes. • Competence/performance • Deep level/surface structure

  6. Communicative Competence • A: Can I go out to play? • B: It’s raining. • A: Have you cut the grass yet? • B: It’s raining. • A: I think I’ll go out for a walk. • B: It’s raining. • Language must be seen in terms of its social use for communication. • Communication is achieved by more than just linguistic knowledge • Form/meaning

  7. Meaning • Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. • propositional • notional • illocutionary force (function) • sociolinguistic • discoursal • A: It’s raining. • B: I think I’ll go out for a walk

  8. Conclusion • need to see succeeding developments as complementary, not contradictory: • e.g., function = structure + context • LT not just “linguistics applied” • recommended readings

  9. SEMINAR • What are the main advantages and disadvantages of each of the language descriptions from a LT point of view? • In what ways do the interests of linguistic research and language teaching differ?

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