Introduction to Linguistics

Table of Content /Introduction/ /Nature of Language/ Origin of language Animal language Language is arbitrary Language change /Structural Grammar/ Competence and performance Deep and surface structure Transformational-generative grammar Syntax Advantages and disadvantages of SG /Functional Grammar/ Grammar and meaning Form and function Theme and Rheme Accuracy or acceptability /Speech and Writing/ Speech and writing represent different codes Features of speech Features of writing A hybrid form: Netspeak Confusion of speech and writing in textbooks /Pragmatics/ Semantic and pragmatic meaning Meaning and context The cooperative principle Politeness Speech acts Breaking of maxims in textbooks /Discourse Analysis/ What is discourse? Coherence Cohesion Discourse analysis and language teaching /Language Teaching and Learning/ Traditional approach Behaviorism Communicative approach Task-based approach /World Englishes/ Varieties of English Equal Status of all varieties /Computational Linguistics/ Computer and speech Computer and writing Computer assisted language learning Web-based language learning Corpus linguistics I Linguistics 0%