PPT-Linguistics for Foreign Languages

Dick Hudson Godolphin and Latymer School September 2016 1 Main messages Language can be investigated The findings are very interesting Investigating language is good for you 2 Plan History. Learning foreign languages usually arouses learners curiosity about other cult ures and sometimes leads to fantasies of travelling in foreign lands However it may not be ent irely enjoyable but be sometimes stressful if the learning is for a surviva МБОУ «СОШ №10». "He, who doesn't know a foreign language, doesn't know his own language". . W. A. Goethe. Learning foreign . languages. Is especially important. Reasons. . for. . learning. Richard Hudson. Royal Grammar School, Guildford. May 2014. 1. My main points. ‘Language’ includes English as well as Foreign. Linguistics is the science of language. Linguistics can be. i. nteresting. How did language evolve?. The Study of Language Relationships. Comparative Linguistics: . Investigation of similarities and differences among languages. Historical Linguistics. : Investigation of how languages are related to each other and evolved over time.. Bonita Morgan, Caribbean Tourism Organization. UWI St. Augustine, Faculty Outreach: Languages Matter . 12 March 2015. Subject. Why do Languages Matter?. We are a multi-lingual Caribbean. . Welcome to the. contrastive linguistics can be regarded as a branch of comparative linguistics that is concerned with pairs of languages which are ‘socio-culturally linked’. Two languages can be said to be socio-culturally linked when (i) they are used by a considerable number of bi- or multilingual speakers, and/or (ii) a substantial amount of ‘linguistic output’ (text, oral discourse) is translated from one language into the other. According to this definition, contrastive linguistics deals with pairs of languages such as Spanish and Basque, but not with Latin and (the Australian . Linguistics . is . the scientific study . of. . human . natural . language. . . Theoretical linguistics . involves the systematic and analytical study . of: . speech . sounds. , . words. , . sentences. Dick Hudson. Dulwich College. November 2016. Q1. Are meanings relevant?. A puzzle: Japanese ‘hiragana’ phonetic script. How does it work?. Check Wikipedia …. ...or work it out!. Q2. One character per letter/sound?. scientific study. of language. . The . word ‘language’ here . means language . in general, not a particular language.. According to Robins (1985), linguistics. is concerned with human language as a universal and recognizable .  . G. Tucker Childs. Portland State University. childst@pdx.edu.  . Niger-Congo 2. 1-3 Sept 2016, . Paris. Abstract. As a function word, the definite article is subject to some attrition in the course of language change. The definite article often originates in a form with fuller phonetic substance, such as a demonstrative, e.g., . Babette Verhoeven. University of Huddersfield. Introduction:. Languages & Linguistics nut (favourite holiday read: grammars). MA English Language & Literature from University of Amsterdam. Secondary English teacher by profession – while working in 6. “Making Problems” or, writing puzzles for UKLO Babette Verhoeven University of Huddersfield Introduction: Languages & Linguistics nut (favourite holiday read: grammars) MA English Language & Literature from University of Amsterdam 1 Rong Chen _______________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION Ph.D. 1990, Ball State University (BSU). Applied Linguistics Dissertation: Verbal Irony as Conversation . Linguistics. Preview. Introduction. : . importance. . of. . language. Communication. systems. Functions. . of. . language. . Universal. . properties. . of. . language. Definitions. . of.