ITA360H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Analytic Language, Pragmatics, Syntactic Structures
25 Dec 2015
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The aspects of languages that linguistics focus on phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse and variation. Linguistics scientific study of language: chapter 1 review. Spanish) were related genetically (as descendants of latin), and the precise correspondences among the three in a particular area of pronunciation could be established. Comparative method method of comparing forms between languages to see if they are related. Diachronic analysis the study of how language changes. Structuralism type of linguistic analysis aiming to study language as a system of structures: founded by ferdinand de saussure. Parole knowledge of how to use a language. Universal grammar set of principles that define language and are purported to be present in the brain at birth. Phonology sound system of a language. Morphology level of language where words are formed. Analytic language language that depends mainly on word order to convey meaning. Synthetic language highly inflection language that does not depend on word order to deliver meaning.
