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1.) Introduction (Ling Tut)
Flashcards do conjunto (15)
- 1What is linguistics?study of language
- 2What's the focus?Focus on forms and functions of language
-What form does language take?
-How is language used? - 3Synchronic vs. Diachronic study of languagesynchronic: studies language at a certain point in time
diachronic: studies languge over time - 4Prescriptive vs. Descriptive approachPrescriptive (normative): tells people how to use language
Descriptive: describes how people actually use language (no value judgement) - 5Syntagmatic vs. Paradigmaticsyntagmatic: -'horizontal' relationships between linguistic elemts
-how linguistic elements can be combined
paradigmatic: 'vertical' relationships between linguistic elements
-what linguistic elements can be used in place of others - 6Axis of selectionparadigmatic
- 7Axis of combinationsyntagmatic
- 8Langue vs. ParoleLangue: language system
-All people who speak a certain language share a langue.
Parole: Language usage
-the individual use of the language system in any given situation - 9Semioticsthe study of signs
- 10What is a sign?combination of form & meaning
- 11signifier vs. signifiedsignifier (sound sequence)
signifies (concept)
- 12three main types of signIcon (iconic)
Index (indexical)
Symbol (symbolic) - 13IconForm-meaning relation is one of similarity
- 14IndexForm-meaning relation is one of cause and effect; symptom
- 15SymbolForm-meaning relation is arbitrary
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- Linguistics FlashCards sobre 1.) Introduction (Ling Tut) , criado por Lisza Neumeier em 17-10-2016.
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- Lisza Neumeier · out 2016
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