Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. The main focus of this textbook is theoretical linguistics, which aims to explain the nature and structure of all human languages. The interest in human language arose when humans evolved. All cultures that left records show interest in language either philosophically or practically. Theoretical linguistics is concerned with revealing the nature of the mental grammar that represents a speaker's knowledge of their language.
Linguistics may be defined as the scientific study of human natural language which involves the study of the nature, structure and variation of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, socio-linguistics, bio-linguistics and pragmatics.
Since linguistics is considered to be scientific study of natural human languages, we need to know the scientific approaches to carry out studies in this field.
Linguistics may be defined as the scientific study of human natural language which involves the study of the nature, structure and variation of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, socio-linguistics, bio-linguistics and pragmatics.
Since linguistics is considered to be scientific study of natural human languages, we need to know the scientific approaches to carry out studies in this field.
Componential analysis (feature analysis or contrast analysis) is the analysis of words through structured sets of semantic features, which are given as "present", "absent" or "indifferent with reference to feature". The method thus departs from the principle of compositionality. Componential analysis is a method typical of structural semantics which analyzes the components of a word's meaning.
THIS THE THEORY OF OGDEN AND RICHARDS ON THE MEANING. it extract from their book of meaning of meaning. in which they discussed about the semantics triangle.
A summary of Ferdinand de Saussure's "Course in General Linguisitcs". Largely inspired by the following great blog-entry: http://theendsa.blogspot.com/2007/05/who-hell-is-ferdinand-de-saussure.html
Ecolinguistics is the study of language is relevant to many other fields of inquiry. Ecolinguistics is the study of language according to the environment it is used in (Derni, 2008).
Language is part of the environment where we live, it is to be speculated in accordance with this environment. And as language enters into almost every aspect of human life, many disciplines dealing with various aspects of human life can be used in correspondence with linguistic study.
Ecolinguistics also investigates the role of language in the development and possible solution of ecological and environmental problems (Fill, 1993 in Al-Gayoni, 2012:28). In the other words ecolinguistics is a study of preservation of linguistic diversity.
Componential analysis (feature analysis or contrast analysis) is the analysis of words through structured sets of semantic features, which are given as "present", "absent" or "indifferent with reference to feature". The method thus departs from the principle of compositionality. Componential analysis is a method typical of structural semantics which analyzes the components of a word's meaning.
THIS THE THEORY OF OGDEN AND RICHARDS ON THE MEANING. it extract from their book of meaning of meaning. in which they discussed about the semantics triangle.
A summary of Ferdinand de Saussure's "Course in General Linguisitcs". Largely inspired by the following great blog-entry: http://theendsa.blogspot.com/2007/05/who-hell-is-ferdinand-de-saussure.html
Ecolinguistics is the study of language is relevant to many other fields of inquiry. Ecolinguistics is the study of language according to the environment it is used in (Derni, 2008).
Language is part of the environment where we live, it is to be speculated in accordance with this environment. And as language enters into almost every aspect of human life, many disciplines dealing with various aspects of human life can be used in correspondence with linguistic study.
Ecolinguistics also investigates the role of language in the development and possible solution of ecological and environmental problems (Fill, 1993 in Al-Gayoni, 2012:28). In the other words ecolinguistics is a study of preservation of linguistic diversity.
This paper purports to be a starting point to revisit existing approaches dealing with the origin and spread of languages in the light of the changed circumstances of the Twenty-first century without in any way undermining their applicability across space and time. The origin of spoken languages is intricately and inseparably interwoven and intertwined with the origin of human species as well, and in this paper, we propose a ‘Wholly-independent Multi-Regional hypothesis of the origin of Homo sapiens’ in response to both the highly-controversial and arguably antiquated ‘Out-of-Africa theory’ which we have stridently and vehemently opposed, along with all its protuberances and the contending Multi-Regional Hypothesis as well. The key tenets of this paper are therefore articulated based on this fundamental premise which is likely to upend existing presumptions and paradigms to a significant degree. Having said that, we must hasten to add that the evolutionary biology of language encompassing physical anthropology or genetics and other related areas of study, are wholly outside the purview of this paper. Structural linguistics and semantics are also outside the scope of this paper. In this paper, we examine the origins of spoken and written languages in pre-historic, proto-historic, historic, pre-globalized and post-globalized contexts and propose an ‘Epochal Polygenesis’ approach. As a part of this paper, we also provide a broad overview of early and current theories of the origin and spread of languages so that readers can compare our approaches with already existing ones and analyse the similarities and differences between the two. We propose and define several new concepts under the categories of contact-based scenarios and non-contact based scenarios such as the autochthonous origin of languages, the spread of properties of languages from key nodes, the ‘Theory of linguistic osmosis’ and the need to take historical and political factors into account while analysing the spread of languages. In this paper, we also propose among others, the ‘Theory of win-win paradigms’ and the ‘Net benefits approach’. We also emphasize the need to carry out a diachronic and synchronic assessment of the dynamics of languages spread and propose that this be made a continuous process so that the lessons learnt can be used to tweak and hone theories and models to perfection. This paper is likely to significantly up the ante in favour of a dynamics-driven approach by undermining the relative torpor now observed in this arguably vital sub-discipline and contribute greatly to the rapidly emerging field of language dynamics. We also hope that synchronic linguistics will finally get its due place under the sun in the post-globalised world, and will become a major driving force in linguistics in the Twenty-First Century.
It is a short detailed presentation on Misconceptions about Linguistics. In this presentation only general misconceptions are written only to make the students well acquitted of linguistics.
Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so, and a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguistics. Questions concerning the philosophy of language, such as whether words can represent experience, have been debated since Gorgias and Plato in Ancient Greece. Thinkers such as Rousseau have argued that language originated from emotions while others like Kant have held that it originated from rational and logical thought. 20th-century philosophers such as Wittgenstein argued that philosophy is really the study of language. Major figures in linguistics include Ferdinand de Saussure and Noam Chomsky.
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1. Linguistics as a science of language
Human language, that unique characteristic of our species, has been of interest
throughout history. The scientific study of human language is called linguistics. A
linguist, then, is not someone who speaks many languages (although many linguists
do); such individuals are polyglots. A linguist is a scientist who investigates human
language in all its facets, its structure, its use, its history, its place in society. The
form and structure of the kinds of linguistic knowledge speakers possess is the
concern of theoretical linguistics. This theory of grammar – the mental
representation of linguistic knowledge – is what this textbook is about. But the field
of linguistics is not limited to grammatical theory; it includes a large number of
subfields, which is true of most sciences concerned with phenomena as complex as
human language
There is no culture that has left records that do not reveal either philosophical or
practical concerns for this unique human characteristic. Knowledge of a language
permits one to connect sounds (or gestures in sign languages) with meanings, that
is, to understand a spoken or signed utterance, and to express our thoughts through
speech or signs.
Linguistic knowledge as represented in the speaker’s mind is called a grammar.
Linguistic theory is concerned with revealing the nature of the mental grammar
which represents speakers’ knowledge of their language.
The grammars of all languages are constrained by universal ‘laws’ or ‘principles,’ a
view which differs from that of many linguists in the pre-Chomsky period some of
whom held that languages could differ in innumerable ways.
The relationship between the grammar and linguistic performance is a complex one
and is the major area of psycholinguistic research. This text will not discuss linguistic
performance but rather the mental system which is accessed in speech and
comprehension. It is important to bear in mind that the notions of acceptability and
grammaticality are not exactly the same.
2. Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. There are many subfields of
linguistics. This textbook will be primarily concerned with contemporary linguistic
theory, or theoretical linguistics, which aims at an explanation of the nature and
structure of all human languages. The interest in the nature of human language
appears to have arisen when the human species evolved in the history of time. There
is no culture that has left records that do not reveal either philosophical or practical
concerns for this unique human characteristic. Different historical periods reveal
different emphases and different goals although both interests have existed in
parallel.
Three key questions were posed by Chomsky in 1986 which remain pivotal in
linguistics today:
1) What constitutes knowledge of language? (Competence)
2) How is knowledge of language acquired? (Acquisition)
3) How is knowledge of language put to use? (Performance/language
It understands grammar in one language, understands it in another as far as
the essential properties of grammar are concerned. The fact that he can’t
speak, nor comprehend, another language is due to the diversity of words and
their various forms, but these are the accidental properties of grammar.