Assessing the Value of Grammar in the Mother Tongue Robert Bridge August 5th 2008

Project Goals Highlight and simply explain how grammar is heard and written United Kingdom has developed sociolinguistics and Language Structure for Educational purposes Grammar and how it’s quarterly contribution to learning Language and Structure Work done to improve grammar

Highlight and simply explain how grammar is heard and written

United Kingdom has developed sociolinguistics and Language Structure for Educational purposes

Grammar and how it’s quarterly contribution to learning Language and Structure

Work done to improve grammar

Description The readings show a clear progression of development The work done has been by many inspired by academics of history and geographical location FOR MORE INFO... Academic teachers, bilingual friends and listening and recording voices.

The readings show a clear progression of development

The work done has been by many inspired by academics of history and geographical location

What is grammar when spoke Using the mother tongue, we have learned to think, learned to communicate and acquired an intuitive understanding of grammar. However t e aching Grammar is NOT a means of teaching language. It is only one element of language learning among a number of others (Ofsted: 2007) Ofsted (2008): Grammar [Internet] http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/ [Viewed 1/8/ 08]

Using the mother tongue, we have learned to think, learned to communicate and acquired an intuitive understanding of grammar. However t e aching Grammar is NOT a means of teaching language. It is only one element of language learning among a number of others (Ofsted: 2007)

Ofsted (2008): Grammar [Internet] http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/ [Viewed 1/8/ 08]

Language in the British Isles The History p9 Excellent intro Contrary to Grammar Grammatical variation FOR MORE INFO... David Britain’s book explains the situation in the British Isles really well. James Morley’s intro is most up to date.

The History p9

Excellent intro

Contrary to Grammar

Grammatical variation

Historical Grammar Guru’s King James VI Often ignored Contributed to English David Crystal rates him

King James VI

Often ignored

Contributed to English

David Crystal rates him

Other contributors to the History Some have contributed Inspired academics to… Directly contributed Reshaped Grammar Studied accents Noticed cross patterns Active in the field William Shakespeare Louis Gauchat Wilhem Vietor Fernidand Saussure

Some have contributed

Inspired academics to…

Directly contributed

Reshaped Grammar

Studied accents

Noticed cross patterns

Active in the field

Academic Improvements Writer’s, Teachers Lecturer’s Awareness English Community It only improves when…. Such as Crystal, Trudgill, Chomsky, Aitcheson & Labov apply there findings upon grammar as indeed Germany.

Writer’s,

Teachers

Lecturer’s

Awareness

English Community

Academic Improvements Writer’s, Teachers Lecturer’s Awareness English It only improves when…. All of these people indirectly or directly have helped understand grammatical language in U.K.

Writer’s,

Teachers

Lecturer’s

Awareness

English

North n South Middle & Lower Field workers in the community FOR MORE INFO... Leslie Milroy in 1980 said linguistics and sociolinguistics helped to analyse calibrations of the vernacular Language and Social Networks Lang. class & community Accent, dialect,school

Field workers in the community

Additional info Conjunctions are words that link up phrases ie ‘and’ but and so’. (Linda Bryson: 1997) Bryson, L (1997): English Conjunctions. [Viewed Online]http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/bryson.htm [Internet 1/8/08] Greenbaum, S. and Quirk, R. (1990). A Student's Grammar of the English Language. Essex, England: Longman. Capital Community College Foundation (2008): [Viewed online]http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/grammarlogs.htm [Internet 2/8/2008]

Conjunctions are words that link up phrases ie ‘and’ but and so’. (Linda Bryson: 1997)

Bryson, L (1997): English Conjunctions. [Viewed Online]http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/bryson.htm [Internet 1/8/08]

Greenbaum, S. and Quirk, R. (1990). A Student's Grammar of the English Language. Essex, England: Longman.

Capital Community College Foundation (2008): [Viewed online]http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/grammarlogs.htm [Internet 2/8/2008]

Conclusion The history of grammar in the mother tongue is in some ways what shaped grammar we see today Some of this new and other words has Latin roots Grammatical variation has negations nationwide and sociolinguistics only assumes social significance and language variation Verbs, imperatives, adverbs, nouns, pronouns, forms and article allomorphy within sentences The linguistic symptom leaves room for improvement Lexical, phonetic, phonological, syntactic meaning and propositional meaning The solutions between the linguists and the sociolinguists has still not been resolved

The history of grammar in the mother tongue is in some ways what shaped grammar we see today

Some of this new and other words has Latin roots

Grammatical variation has negations nationwide and sociolinguistics only assumes social significance and language variation

Verbs, imperatives, adverbs, nouns, pronouns, forms and article allomorphy within sentences

The linguistic symptom leaves room for improvement

Lexical, phonetic, phonological, syntactic meaning and propositional meaning

The solutions between the linguists and the sociolinguists has still not been resolved