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    This document provides an overview of the course "Introduction to Linguistics" and discusses several topics in linguistics, including: 1. Linguistics is the scientific study of language, including speech sounds, signs, and written symbols used for human communication. It has central branches like morphology, syntax, phonology, phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics. 2. Related branches of linguistics include theoretical, contrastive, comparative, historical, applied, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, computational, developmental, and anthropological linguistics. 3. Grammar can be studied traditionally or universally. Traditional grammar analyzes syntax using categories like parts of speech, while universal grammar takes

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    This document provides an overview of the course "Introduction to Linguistics" and discusses several topics in linguistics, including: 1. Linguistics is the scientific study of language, including speech sounds, signs, and written symbols used for human communication. It has central branches like morphology, syntax, phonology, phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics. 2. Related branches of linguistics include theoretical, contrastive, comparative, historical, applied, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, computational, developmental, and anthropological linguistics. 3. Grammar can be studied traditionally or universally. Traditional grammar analyzes syntax using categories like parts of speech, while universal grammar takes

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    INTRO TO

    LINGUISTICS
    Major Course in English 1
    The course of study Introduction to Linguistics is a BSED-English
    major course that provides an overview of linguistics as a discipline, its
    development, levels of structure, and its significance to English
    language teaching.
    What is
    Linguistics ?
    Linguistics is a scientific study of language which includes
    speech sound, signs, and written symbols for human
    communication.
    Central Branches of Linguistics
    Morphology Structure
    Syntax
    Phonology Sound
    Phonetics
    Semantics Meaning
    Pragmatics
    Related Branches of Linguistics

    Theoretical Tries to determine the universal principles for studying languages and to describe the
    general the general features of language.

    Contrastive Concentrates upon the differences between languages.

    Comparative Studies different languages looking for similar characteristics.

    Historical Analyze the development of language in time.

    Applied Concern with the application of linguistics theories and theirs findings in solving various
    language problem.

    Sociolinguistics Studies the relationship between language and society.

    Psycholinguistics Studies the relationship between linguistic behavior and the mental processes.

    Computational Uses computer techniques and applies them in automatic translation and speech
    analysis using corpora for large scale of statistical investigation and computational
    processing of spoken and written text.

    Developmental Concerned with the study of the acquisition of language by children.

    Anthropological Studies language variation and usage in relation to culture.


    GRAMMAR
    Traditional and Universal
    Grammar is the rule of language.

    • Grammar is traditionally subdivided but interrelated areas of study- morphology and


    syntax.

    • Morphology – the study of how words are formed out of smaller unit.

    • Syntax – the study of the way in which phrases and sentences are structure out of
    words.
    Traditional Grammar:
    Categories and Function
    Within traditional grammar, the syntax of a language is describes in terms of taxonomy of
    the range of different type of syntactic structures found in the language. The central
    assumption underpinning syntactic analysis in traditional grammar is that phrases and
    sentences are built up of a series of constituents.
    PART OF SPEECH
    OPEN CLASS WORDS CLOSED CLASS WORDS
    (content/lexical) (function/grammatical)
    Nouns Auxiliary and Modal verbs
    Verbs Pronouns
    Adjectives Articles
    Adverbs Preposition
    Conjunctions
    Grammatical Category and
    Function, Constituents
    Category Function
    What kind of constituent is this? What role does this constituent perform?
    How is it defined by a dictionary? How a word or phrase functions in the context of a
    phrase or sentence?
    What is the denotation of the word? The word or phrase can be a subject, predicate, adjunct,
    or complement in a sentence.
    Which part of speech the word belongs?
    What is the semantic property of the word or phrase?
    What are morphological properties?
    Lexical/Substantive Category: noun, verb, adjective,
    adverb, preposition.
    Functional Category: determiner, pronoun, auxiliary
    verb, conjunction.
    1. Student protested. (two constituent)
    subject
    noun
    verb Predicate

    2. She has fed the dog. (two constituents)

    Pronoun subject
    Verb phrase Predicate
    3. (In sentence # 2) has fed the dog.

    Object
    Universal Grammar

    In contrast to the taxonomic approach adopted in traditional grammar, Noam


    Chomsky takes a cognitive approach to the study of grammar. For Chomsky,
    the goal of the linguist is to determine what it is that native speaker know about
    their native language which enables them to speak and understand the language,
    and how this linguistic knowledge might be represented in the mind/brain;
    hence, in studying language, we are studying a specific kind of cognition.

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