Introduction to Linguistics

LAUGHTER AND LANGUAGE

A SHORT INTRO TO LINGUISTICS

Introduction to Linguistics

Nathalie F. Martin

LI 2013 NATHALIE F. MARTIN

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

Linguists Don’t Necessarily Know Many Languages

LINGUISTS DO GRAMMAR DIFFERENTLY

LINGUISTS STUDY

LANGUAGE AS IT IS SPOKEN

What Didja Ya Say?

LINGUISTS HAVE THE TOOLS TO STUDY

SLANG!

Spoken Language:Slang

Linguistics Study Communication

This Also Covers Non-verbal communication

Theoretical linguistics

PHONETICSPHONOLOGYMORPHOLOGYSYNTAXSEMANTICSPRAGMATICS

(Language Sounds)(Language Sounds Interaction)(Word parts)(Arrangement of Words in a

Sentence)(Word & sentence Meanings)(Language in Use)

Phonetics (Language Sounds):Accents

Phonetics (Language Sounds):Pronounciation

Phonology:Analysis of sounds within a

language

Morphology (Word Parts):

SYNTAX:

ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN

SENTENCES

(SPOKEN LANGUAGE OR WRITTEN LANGUAGE)

Syntax:Putting SpeechTogether

Semantics (Word Meanings):Many words have more than one

meaning

Pragmatics (Language in use)

Pragmatics (Language in use)

Applied Linguistics

Theoretical Linguistics:

PhoneticPhonologyMorphologySyntaxLexicologySemantic

Sociolinguistic

Dialectology

Ethnolinguistic

Language policies and

planning

Psycholinguistic

Neurolinguistic

Etc.

“What s‘it to me?”

BRANCHES AND FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS:BRANCHES AND FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS:Language acquisitionPsycholingusiticsSociolinguistics

Differences between social classes, gender, ageLanguage preservationTeachingTranslation

LEXICOGRAPHER: DICTIONARIESFOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER

TRANSLATORMISSIONARY

SPEECH THERAPISTACTOR

ONCE IN CHURCH, WE ASKED THE CHILDREN IN SUNDAY SCHOOL TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF COMPLICATED

« CHRISTIANEES » WORDS.WHEN ASKED THE MEANING OF « SINNER » MANY OF

THEM REPLIED:« MORE SIN »

Language Acquisition

THEY APPLIED THE RULE THAT IS USED FOR ADJECTIVES LIKE « BIG » THAT BECOMES « BIGGER », « FAT », THAT

BECOMES « FATTER ». THEY DID NOT YET REALIZE THAT « SIN » IS A NOUN AND THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE

MEANING OF THE WORD.

Psycholinguistics:Language Anomalies

Sociolinguistics:Language differences between Social

Classes:

Language Difference Between Different

Generations

Language Difference Between Genders

LINGUISTICS CAN STUDY:

TEXTING AND IT’S EFFECTS ON WRITTEN

LANGUAGE

Written or Spoken Language?

Preservation of Native Languages

LINGUISTS LIKE THE ONES WORKING FOR SIL OR WYCLIFF NEED A GOOD GRASP OF LINGUISTIC

THEORY AND PRACTICE.

Translation

Difficulties in translation

DoubtfulTranslations

SOME WORDS OF CAUTION

CONCERNING MISSIONARY

WORK:

Missionary Work