Structuralism in Mizo Language

1. STRUCTURALISM
LITERARY CRITICISM
Lalzarzova
Department of Mizo
Mizoram University

2. Structuralism chu 20th Century-a Intellectual movement pakhat
a ni. Science hmanga mihring zir chianna (human science) a
ni a, hei hian linquistics, sociology, anthropology leh philosophy
subject hmanga zir chianna thlengin a huam a ni. Literary
Criticism-ah chuan awng (language), literature leh society
inlaichinna zirna atan hman a ni.
A tlangpuia thlir chuan Structuralist theory hian awng
(language) chungchang a kawk deuh ber a ni. He theory hian
inbiak pawhna hmanraw hrang hrang, entirna atan meialh,
traffic light, flag etc. te, body language kan tih te, symbol chi
hrang hrangte a hmang thei a, a khaikhawmna atan chuan
mihringin hriatna mi dangte hnena a hlan chhawn dan zawng
zawng a huam a ni.

3. Ferdinand de Saussere chuan
Semiology tiin language zir
chianna hi a sawi. Semiology
chu thil awmze siamtu zir
chianna, sign lo insiam dan leh
chu mi chuan inbiak pawhna
atana awmzia a neih dan zir

4. Branch pathum a awm
Semantics : Sign leh a thil hrilh
fiahte awmzia.
Syntactics : Sign hrang hrang
awmze neia dahte inlaichinna.
Pragmatic : Sign leh sign hmangtu
emaw, hmang lotu emaw hrilhfiahtu
inlaichinna.

5. Saussere-a ngaihdan chuan awng
chu a tlangpuiin awmze neia
hming phuahna hmanrua a ni.

6. Mizo : Ui
English : Dog
Spanish : Perro
German : Hund
French : Chien
A lema kan hmuh ang hian awng hrang heuha a
hming inziak khi a awng hmangtu hnam awng
heuhah chuan a lo inrem chiah zel a, chuvangin a
lem (Ui lem) kan hmuh hian kan awngin kan lo
hrethiam nghal thei a ni.

7. Saussere-an language
hrilhfiahna
1. |awng (language) zawng zawng hi sign hmanga
siam a ni.
2. Sign hrang hrangte kan han remkhawm khan
thu awmze nei a lo insiam ta hin a ni.
3. Sign reng reng chuan peng pahnih a nei a :
hrilhfiahtu (signifier)
a thil hrilhfiah (signified)

8. Structuralist Critic ten thil an zir chian
dan
1. A tlangpuiin prose an zir chiang a, thuziak chi
hrang hranga a text chu eng angin nge an
inkungkaih tih hetiang hian an en:
a) A literary genre hman bik zir chiangin a chhui.
b) Text hrang hrang inthlun zawm dan leh an
inlaichinna.
c) Thuziak dan tlanglawn awmsa nena a inkungkaih
dan.
d) Thil thleng tawh thleng nawn a awm em a zir.
2. Literature hi language structure hrang hrang nen
an en kawp a, linguistic theory te, grammar-te an en