7. STRUCTURALIST
▧ Believe that language can be
described in terms observable and
verifiable data as it is being used
▧ Language is a system of speech
sounds used for human
communication.
11. ▧Sounds are arranged in
certain fixed order to form
meaningful words.
▧Ex: no words starts in bz- lr-
or zl but, there are spr- and
str-
▧Language is a system of
systems.
12. ▧Words are arranged to
form meaningful
sentences.
▧Ex: subject – verb- object
▧Language is a system of
systems.
13. ▧Language is a system of
structurally related elements:
▧Phonemes – sounds
▧Morphemes –words
▧Tagmemes – phrases &
sentences/clauses
23. ▧Believe that language is a
dynamic system through
which members of a
community exhange
information.
FUNCTIONALISTS
24. ▧This view of language
emphasizes the meaning
and fuctions rather than the
grammatical characteristics
of language rather than
structure and grammar.
FUNCTIONALISTS