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    This document discusses linguistics as a science. It introduces Ferdinand de Saussure as the father of modern linguistics and his distinction between langue (the abstract knowledge of language) and parole (the actual use of language). It defines linguistics as the study of the origin, organization, nature, and development of language through descriptive, historical, comparative, and explicit methods. It argues that linguistics employs scientific methods like developing hypotheses and testing them against linguistic data to arrive at general conclusions and theories, similar to other sciences. Finally, it outlines some of the main subfields that linguistics is divided into, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and others.

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    This document discusses linguistics as a science. It introduces Ferdinand de Saussure as the father of modern linguistics and his distinction between langue (the abstract knowledge of language) and parole (the actual use of language). It defines linguistics as the study of the origin, organization, nature, and development of language through descriptive, historical, comparative, and explicit methods. It argues that linguistics employs scientific methods like developing hypotheses and testing them against linguistic data to arrive at general conclusions and theories, similar to other sciences. Finally, it outlines some of the main subfields that linguistics is divided into, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and others.

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    This document discusses linguistics as a science. It introduces Ferdinand de Saussure as the father of modern linguistics and his distinction between langue (the abstract knowledge of language) and parole (the actual use of language). It defines linguistics as the study of the origin, organization, nature, and development of language through descriptive, historical, comparative, and explicit methods. It argues that linguistics employs scientific methods like developing hypotheses and testing them against linguistic data to arrive at general conclusions and theories, similar to other sciences. Finally, it outlines some of the main subfields that linguistics is divided into, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and others.

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    Linguistics as

    SCIENCE
    ferdinand de
    saussure
    • The father of modern linguistics.
    • A small volume in 1916 titled "Cours De
    Linguistique Generale" (A course in General
    Linguistics).
    • Langue- means the abstract knowledge of the
    language.
    • Parole - refers to the actual use of language by the
    speaker of a particular social group.
    Definitions of
    Linguistics
    • Linguistics is derived from the Latin words lingua (tongue)
    and istics (knowledge or science).

    • Linguistics is that science which studies the origin,


    organization, nature and development of language
    descriptively, historically, comparatively, explicitly and
    formulates the general rules related to language.
    prof. boro's
    Arguments
    Linguistics as science
    Linguistics employs careful methods to observe, record and analyze the various
    phenomena related to its subject matter and hopes to present unprejudiced objective
    and variable descriptions.

    Like a scientist a linguist develops hypotheses, makes generalized statements


    and tests them against the fact of languages.
    Linguistics as science
    • The linguist also hopes to be in position to make prediction about unobserved
    linguistics data on the basis of those observed and build a general theory .
    • Linguistics studies, observes and analyzes a phenomenon and arrives at or forms
    certain conclusions, regarding the origin, growth, use, form and structure of
    language.
    • Like a scientist, a linguist also goes on observing the different events occurring in
    the field of language and gives his own explanation of them.
    Linguistic
    Structure &
    Subfields
    LINGUISTIC
    STRUCTURE
    PHONETICS
    PHONOLOGY
    MORPHOLOGY
    SYNTAX
    SEMANTICS
    PRAGMATICS
    DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
    SUBFIELDS
    • Stylistics is the study of linguistic factors that place a discourse in context.
    • Developmental linguistics is the study of the development of linguistic ability in an
    individual, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood.
    • Historical linguistics or Diachronic linguistics is the study of language change.
    • Evolutionary linguistics is. the study of the origin and subsequent development of
    language.
    SUBFIELDS
    • Psycholinguistics is the study of the cognitive processes and representations
    underlying language use.
    • Sociolinguistics is the study of social patterns of linguistic variability.
    • Clinical linguistics is the application of linguistic theory to the area of Speech-
    Language Pathology.
    • Neurolinguistics is the study of the brain networks that underlie grammar and
    communication.
    SUBFIELDS
    • Biolinguistics is the study of natural as well as human taught communication
    systems in animals compared to human language.
    • Computational linguistics is the study of computational implementations of
    linguistic structures.
    • Applied linguistics the study of language related issues applied in every day life,
    notably language policies, planning, and education
    End

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