LI NGUI STI CS
What is language?
LI NGUI STI CS
The scope of linguist ics includes bot h
LI NGUI STI CS
The st udy of laguage as a syst em of
com m unicat ion ( Richar ds, et .al,
1985)
I t cover s sound syst em s
( PHONETI CS, PHONOLOGY) , sent ence
st r uct ur e ( SYNTAX) , and m eaning
COMBI NATI ON WI TH OTHER DI SCI PLI NES
Ant hr opological linguist ics
Psy cholinguist ics
Sociolinguist ics
Applied linguist ics
Com par at iv e linguist ics
Cont r ast iv e analy sis
DI SCOURSE
A gener al t er m for ex am ples of language
use, ie language w hich has been pr oduced as t he r esult of an act of com m unicat ion ( Richar ds, et .al.,1985)
I t r efer s t o lar ger unit s of language such as
par agr aphs, conv er sat ions, int er v iew s, et c.
The st udy of bot h w r it t en and spok en
DI SCOURSE
A sequence of spoken or w r it t en
ut t er ances t hat “ go t oget her ” in a
par t icular sit uat ion
A conver sat ion at a dinner , a
new spaper colum n, a per sonal let t er ,
a r adio int er view , a subpoena t o
Oh, look!
I t is a discour se alt hough it is not a
sequence of ut t er ances, because it is
pr oduced w it hin a sit uat ional cont ext
t hat helps det er m ine an appr opr iat e
infor m at ion st r uct ur e
Pr agm at ics over laps w it h discour se
analysis, w hich deals w it h t he var ious
devices used by speaker s and w r it er s
w hen t hey knit single sent ences
PRAGMATI CS
t he int ended m eanings of speaker sCom par e t he follow ings
Geor ge’s favour it e spices.
B. Geor ge at e t he cur r y w it h delight . This
t y pe of food had alw ay s been his favour it e. The dish w as subt ly flav our ed, and in it he det ect ed hint s of his fav our it e spices,
