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1. DEFINITION
Linguistics is the science of language that is of its structure, acquisition, relationship
to other communication.
Linguistics comes from latin word lingua
5. SUBFIELDS OF LINGUISTICS
a) Anthropological Linguistics
The study of interrelationship between language and culture
b) Applied Linguistics
The application of the methods and the result of linguistics to language
teaching, translation, politics etc.
c) Historical Linguistics
The study of haul languages change through time, the relationship among
languages
d) Neurolinguistics
The study of the brain and how it function in the production, perception,
acquisition of language
e) Psycholinguistics
The study of the interrelationship of language and cognitive language and
the acquisition of language,
f) Sociolinguistics
The study of language in relation to society or the study of the way that
language is used in society
g) Pragmatics
The study of how language is used in context for various purposes
h) Phonology
The study of systems of sounds and sound combination in a language
i) Phonetics
The study of speech sounds dealing with production (how speech sounds are
produced by the organ of speech), transmission (how speech sounds are
transmitted from the speaker to the listener), and reception (how speech
sounds are heard from the speaker to the listener)
j) Morphology
The study of the forms and formations of words in a language or the study of
how word are structured from smaller part
k) Syntax
The study of the structure of phrases, clauses, sentences in a language or the
study of how phrases, clauses, sentences are structured
l) Semantics
The study of the meaning of words, phrases, clauses and sentences either
grammatical meaning or lexical meaning. (grammatical meaning: from
the context; lexical meaning: found in dictionary)
m) Discourse
The study of written or spoken communication
n) Comparative Linguistics
The study of comparison between ertain language to other language
6. TERMS OF LINGUISTICS
i)
Competence :
the system of linguistics knowledge owned by native speaker of language (related
to skill)
ii)
Performance:
Refers to the way the language system is used in communication (related to
application)
7. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
a) R.H. Robins
Exhaustive
Consistent
Economic
b) Nelson Francis
Simple
Consistent
Complete & Useful
c) David Crystal
Explicit
It means that The rules of language are defined explicitly, clearly and as a
whole to avoiddouble meanings
Systemate
It means that Language has rules that govern pronunciation, word
formation, the system of sounds, the grammartical contruction, and has
complete generalization that constitutes a single unit.
Objective
It means that Language is analyzed and described objectively and openly the
hipothesis of the language is proved critically through a research
The toothridge
The Throat
1) Pharynx
2) Epiglottis
3) Larynx
- Ring cartiladge (criorid)
- Shield Cartilage (thyroid)
- Arytenoids
- Vocal Chords
- The Glothis (the opening between the vocal chords)
The Chest Lungs
voiced sounds
voiceless sounds
Sounds
Speech Sounds
Vowels voiced
Consonants voiced/less
Diphtongs voiced
Short vowels
Classification of Consonants:
1. Based on the place of articulation
a) Bilabial articulated by two lips
ex:
b) Labiodental articulated by the lower lip and the upper teeth
ex:
c) Dental articulated by the tip of the tongue against the upper teeth
ex:
B. MORPHOLOGY
Is the study of the word formation in a language or the study of how words are
structured from smaller parts
Morphemes is the smallest meaningful linguistics unit of speech sounds or the
smallest part of the words that have meanings
The Classification of Morphemes (The Graph)
Morphemes
Lexical
Free
(Nouns, Verbs,
Adjective, Adverb)
Bound
(ex: clude in the word
include)
Grammatical
Free
Bound
(preposition,
conjunction, possessive
adjective, articles,
demonstrative pronoun)
Derivational
Prefixes and suffixes
only
The Classification of Morphemes (Details)
1. Lexical Morphemes
Is the morphemes that have meanings in themselves
2. Grammatical Morphemes
Is the morphemes that do not have meaning in themselves
3. Free Morphemes
Is the morphemes that can stand alone as words
4. Bound Morphemes
Is the morphemes that cannot stand alone as words
Inflectional
suffixes
5. Derivational Morphemes
Is the morpheme which create new words by changing the meanings or
parts of speech of the words
6. Inflectional Morphemes
Morphemes which serve grammatical function without creating new
words ut only create different form of the same words
7) Comparative Morphemes
Ex: he is older than she is
8) Superlative Morphemes
Ex: he is the youngest
C. SEMANTICS
The study of meanings of the words, phrases, clauses, and sentences either in
lexical meanings or grammatical meanings
Lexical Meaning: the meaning that we can find in the dictionary
Grammatical Meaning: the meaning that is based on the context
The types of meanings
1) Synonyms two or more words that have same/similar meanings
Ex: Begin=start
Go on = continue
Beautiful = pretty
2) Anthonyms two words that have contrast meanings
Ex: Good >< Bad
Beautiful >< Ugly
Lazy >< Diligent
3) Homonyms one word that has more than one meaning
Ex: Can (dapat/kaleng)
Bank (bank/tepi)
4) Homophone two words that have same sound but different meaning
Ex: flower (bunga) flour (tepung)
D. SYNTAX
The study of the structure of phrases, clauses, and sentences
The study of how sentences are structured from smaller parts
Phrasal Categories
1. Noun Phrase a phrase that the headword is a noun
Ex: good student, a beautiful scenery
2. Adjective Phrase a phrase that the headword is an adjective
Ex: very good, extremely interesting
3. Adverbial Phrase a phrase that the headword is an adverb
Ex: very slowly, it drives so fast
4. Prepositional Phrase a phrase that begins with a preposition
Ex: in the class, at the bank
5. Gerund Phrase a phrase that begins with a preposition
Ex: the boy often practices speaking English with his friends
6. Present Participle Phrase a phrase that begis with present participle
Ex: * the man standing at the door is a teacher
* crossing the street you must be careful
7. Past Participle Phrase a phrase that begins with past participle
Ex: the book written in English is very good
8. To Infinitive Phrase a phrase that begins with to- infinitive
Ex: he decided to continue his study abroad
9. Perfect Past Phrase a phrase that begins with perfect participle
Ex: having done the test, you may leave the class
SENTENCES TYPES
a) Simple Sentences (+, -, ?, -?)
* Imperative (+, -)
* Request
* Exclamatory sentence (e.g What a good book it is!)
b) Compound Sentences
* consists of two independent clause joined by coordinate conjunction (and, or, so,
but, because and so on)
c) Complex Sentences
* consists of at least one independent clause and one dependent clause
*ex: I dont understand what you said
The girl who has long hair is beautiful
d) Compound Complex Sentence
* consists of 2 independent clause