linguistics

according to him, language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols

• aristotle

• sapir

• chomsky

• hall

According to him, Language is a finite or infinite set of sentences, each finite in length, and constructed out of a finite set of elements

• sapir

• chomsky

• hall

• bloch and trager

‘Contact’ in the functions of language by Jakobson means __________.

• 2. The connection between the addresser and the addressee

  
  

• 1. The addresser’s contact with the context

• 1. The cognitive contact of the hearer to the message

• 1. The expressions of the speaker

(1) Linguistics compares developments of languages. 

(2) Macrolinguistics focuses on phonology and morphology.

• 1. the FIRST statement is FALSE and the SECOND statement is TRUE

• 1. BOTH statements are TRUE

• 1. the FIRST statement is TRUE and the SECOND statement is FALSE

• 1. BOTH statements are FALSE

(1) Modern linguistics does not include origin of languages in its study. 

(2) Diachronic linguistics studies development of languages.

• 1. BOTH statements are TRUE

• 1. BOTH statements are FALSE

• 1. the FIRST statement is FALSE and the SECOND statement is TRUE

• 1. the FIRST statement is TRUE and the SECOND statement is FALSE

-explains language structures by appealing to the communicative function of those structures.

-Emphasizes the meaning and functions rather than structure.

• Functionalist

• structuralist

• psychiatrist

• cognitivist

-A characteristics of language which states that Language is closer to speech than writing.

-Language is primarily made up of vocal sounds produced by the speech apparatus in the human body. Writing systems are considered as representations of these sounds.

• language is a system of systems

• language is creative

• language is dynamic

• language is primarily vocal

-language characteristic which states that all languages share key features.

-Language parameters and principles are considered universal.

• language is dynamic

• language is arbitrary

• language is universal

• language is creative

characteristic of language which states that language enables speakers to produce and receive linguistic expressions not used or heard before

• language is creative

• language is a mean of communication

• language is dynamic

• language is arbitrary

Language characteristics which states that

-Language gives shape to people’s thoughts.

-It is an instrument to express thoughts, emotions, feelings, and desires of human beings.

• language is creative

• language is primary vocal

• language is a mean of communication

• language is universal