Linguistics Intro

Pragmatics

________: how language is used on a practical level and how semantic meanings change in context.

Macrolanguage

________: covers many dialects and languages (ex: chinese)

Morphology

________: study of internal structure of words and word- formation processes.

Phonetics

________: study of speech sounds in articulation, acoustics, and audition.

Phonology

________: study of speech patterns.

Semantics

________: individual word meanings and sentence- level meanings.

external

social concept

internal

cognitive concept

political factors

government, national borders

mutual intelligibility

same language ➝ understanding

summary

linguists study languages for description, documentation, teaching, and preservation efforts

Langue

language competence, abstract knowledge

Parole

language performance, use of language

0-5 yrs

figuring out system of grammar

Noam Chomsky

LAD

Phonetics

study of speech sounds in articulation, acoustics, and audition

Phonology

study of speech patterns

Morphology

study of internal structure of words and word-formation processes

Syntax

deals with word order

Semantics

individual word meanings and sentence-level meanings

Pragmatics

how language is used on a practical level and how semantic meanings change in context

Sociolinguistics

regional and social dialects