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arabera Carlos Benedi 4 years ago

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Key Concepts

Linguistics explores the multifaceted nature of speech and language, distinguishing between individual use and socially constructed systems. Structuralism, particularly Saussure's theories, examines the static nature of language, including concepts like signified and significant.

Key Concepts

Key Concepts

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LANGUAGES

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INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES TREE
ORIGINS

Naturalist

Etymology: the study of the origin of the words

have a natural connection with its referent in the real world

the origin of all of language was ultimately connected to words whose form directly reflected the meanings of their referents.

Conventionalists

Subarbitrary relation between the form of language (i.e., primarily the sounds and words) and the meanings it conveyed.btopic

LINGUISTICS

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GENERATIVE GRAMMAR - CHOMSKY
Performance

"output" is the put in practice of that ability

Competence (Dynamic)

is the innate ability that the human being has to learn any language

STRUCTURALISM - SAUSSURE
Speech

multifaceted and heterogeneous, involving the individual use of a socially constructed system.

Language (Static)

Signified (concept)

Significant (word)

Language Change
Bruce

Restructuring

Creativity of language

Vocabulary is re-adapted, not new and it extends and borrows from other languages

Primitive Language

No language is primitive. Ex: Sanskrit far more complicated in their gramatical forms tan many contemporary languages

Martinet

Economy of language

Communication need

Neo grammarians
the process of streamlining vs the process of restructuring
Bloomfield

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Stabilising mechanisms and deteriorating mechanisms