Introduction to linguistics

Introduction to Linguistics

Language

Linguistics

Structured system

sounds

gestures

signs

written symbols

morphemes

word

Sentences

Variants

Classification

Nº native Speakers

Nº countries that use language

1. Madarin

2. Chinese

3. Spanish

4. Arabic

1. English

2. French

3. Arabic

4. Spanish

Dialect

Jargon

Idiolects

Colloquialism

Slang

Sociolect

Geolect

Ordinary

Professional

The scientific

Comparative

Contrastive

Historical Relatedness

Difference/similarities

Proto-Indo-European

(common ancestor)

Duo(Latin)

Two(English)

firstly used

Using for

History

nature-approaches

grammar

rules

sounds-phonology

meaning systems-semantics/pragmatics

19th century

study of

language