this presentation explain about what are Language and Linguistic, what are element of language, what are general linguistic. this presentation from Mr. Nando Saragih, he is a lecturer faculty of letter ion University of Papua

1. INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
GENERAL REVIEW
Nando Saragih

2.  In this lecture, we will understand what
linguistics is and the difference between
prescriptive and descriptive.

3. What are language and linguistics?
 Language is the primary communication system
for the humanspecies which in ordinary
circumstances it is used to convey thoughts
through speech.
 Language is a system that allows people immense
creativity.
 Linguistics is the scientific study of human
languages (why human?)

4. Definition
 It is ‘scientific’ because linguists use scientific
approaches to conduct their research on
languages.
 It is ‘human’ because the research is about
human languages, not animal or robotic

5. Elements of language
 Sound : (different with noise = a thing that
can be heard).What do you think about
sound in Linguistics?
 Morpheme: smallest meaningful unit.
(1) makan-an
eat-NOM
“food”

6. Rules of language
(General Linguistics)
 Phonology: the study of structure of sound
 Morphology: the study of word formation
 Syntax: the study of the structure of word >
Sentence
 Semantics: the study of word meaning
 Pragmatics: the study of word meaning in
particular context

8. Other Linguistic Branches
 Sociolinguistics: study the relation between
language and society
 Anthropological Linguistics: study the relation
between linguistics and anthropology
 Ecolinguistics: study the relation between
language and ecology
 Neurolinguistics: study the relation between
language and neuron
 Etnolinguistics: study the relation between
language and culture
 Psycholinguistics: study of linguistic behaviour
and psychological processes.