Ling 201 – Basic Concepts of Linguistics Overview of topics • Language and Languages • Speech vs. Writing • Approaches to language: Descriptive vs. Prescriptive • Grammar and its parts • Arbitrariness (conventionality) What to remember: Language, linguistics, grammar (language system), mental grammar, descriptive approach, prescriptive approach, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, arbitrary (conventional), iconic, onomatopoeia. e.g. You should be able to explain what the descriptive approach is. Concepts: The priviledged role of speech. You should be able to explain why is speech primary and writing is secondary. 1. Language Language is a system that associates sounds (or gestures) with meanings in a way that uses words and sentences. Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It tries: • first, to observe la...
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