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+ Morphology
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Prescriptive vs. descripte linguistics
(1) Wegen dem Wetter(2) Weil … der schläft noch(3) Dem seine Tante(4) Du brauchst nicht kommen
(1) To boldly go where no man has gone before(2) I and me(3) Different than (4) Irregardless of
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Prescriptive vs. descripte linguistics
The linguistic approach to the study of language is descriptive.
A linguists is like a social scientist study human (i.e. verbal) behavior and cognition.
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Prescriptive vs. descripte linguistics
Language variation:
regional social age-related gender-related
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Prescriptive vs. descripte linguistics
American
elevatorTVflashlighthoodtrunkcookiesgastruckbuscan
British
lifttellytorchbonnet (of a car)boot (of a car)biscuitspetrollorrycoachtin
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Prescriptive vs. descripte linguistics
British
in hospitalin universitynext dayhave got
American
in the hospitalin the universitythe next dayhave gotten
Which variety is correct?
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Prescriptive vs. descripte linguistics
Linguistic norms are time-bound:
(1) Im Walde(2) Ob des schlechten Wetters(3) Wegen des Wetters
(4) Hopefully, we’ll be there in time for lunch.
(7) My car is being broken.(8) My house is being painted.(9) This problem is being discussed at today’s meeting.
(10) My car is repairing.(11) My house is painting.(12) This problem is discussing today’s problem.
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Some linguistics subfields
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Subfields
Sociolinguistics
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Socio-linguistics
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Socio-linguistics
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Socio-linguistics
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Socio-linguistics
1. Deletion of /r/ and /l/ -> guard2. Interdental fricative -> dis3. Double negation -> I don‘t know nothing4. Be deletion -> He nice, They mine5. Habitual be -> John be happy6. Omission of gentive-s -> Peter car
African American English
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Subfields
Sociolinguistics Historical Linguistics
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Historical linguistics
450-1066 Old English1066-1500 Middle English1500-1700 Early Middle English
1700-present Modern English
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Historical linguistics
Germanic
West Germanic North Germanic East Germanic
English Swedish GothicFrisian Danish VandalGerman Norwegian BurgundianYiddish IcelandicDutchAfrikaans
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English German Swedishsun Sonne sol house Haus huscat Katze katapple Apfel äpplefather Vater faderhand Hand handgo gehen garsee sehen sarhear hören hörarun rennen rännardream träumen drömar
Historical linguistics
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English Gothic Latin Greek Sanskrit Chinese Japanese
onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineten
ainstwaiTrijafidworfimfsaihssibunahtauniuntaihun
unusduotresquattuorquinquesexseptemoctonovembedecem
heisduotreistettarespenteheksheptaoktoenneadeka
ekasdvatrayascatvaraspancasatsaptaastanavadasa
ierhsansuwuliuch’ipachiushih
hitotsufutatsumittsuyottsuitsutsumuttsunanatsuyattsukokonotsuto
Historical linguistics
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Subfields
Sociolinguistics Historical linguistics Cognitive linguistics
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Is language innate?
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Do animals use language?
Cognitive linguistics
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Cognitive linguistics
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Sociolinguistics Historical linguistics Cognitive linguistics Language acquisition
Linguistic subfields
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High-amplitude sucking procedure
The cognitive foundationsof language acquisition
Language acquisition
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Linguistic Subfields
Sociolinguistics Historical linguistics Cognitive linguistics Language acquisition Contrastive linguistics
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How do English and German indicate grammatical relations?
Contrastive linguistics
(1) The man saw the boy.(2) The boy saw the man.
(3) Der Mann sah den Jungen.(4) Der Junge sah den Mann.
(5) Den Mann sah der Junge.(4) Den Jungen sah der Mann.