欢迎来到天天文库
浏览记录
ID:48039758
大小:762.50 KB
页数:9页
时间:2020-01-14
《What is Linguistics.ppt》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、WhatisLinguisticsDefinitionLinguisticsisthecomprehensiveandscientificstudyoflanguage.comprehensive:itembracesallaspectsofhumancommunication----fromadescriptionofthesoundsofspeechtotheanalysisofthewayinwhichthefullcomplexitiesofthoughtareexpressedinspoke
2、norwrittenform.scientific:itdealswithaspecificbodyofmaterial,language,asitssubjectmatterandaimsatbuildingupasystematictheoryoflanguageatalllevels.Linguisticsdiffersfromothersciencesinthatitbothuseslanguageasthetoolandhaslanguageasitsobjecttostudy.Lingui
3、sticsisalsoscientificinitsmethodology.Theworkoflinguistsconsistsofcollectingobservabledataaboutlanguage,settinguphypotheses,testingthevalidityofthemagainstthecollecteddataandthendecideaccordinglyeithertorejectthesehypothesesoracceptthemasestablishedtheo
4、ries.TheScopeofLinguisticsinterlinguisticrelationshipamongdifferentlinguisticelements.extralinguisticrelationwiththeoutsideworld.TheBirthofModernLinguisticsThetraditioninlanguagestudyoriginatedfromancientGreeceandRome.Itclaimedthatthebestwaytodescribeal
5、anguagewastobeginwithadescriptionofitswords,andthattheonlylanguageworththescholar'sattentionwasliteraryGreekofthehighlyeducated.Itstartedbyclassifyingwords,and,asaresult,theemphasisoftheirstudywasputonthewrittenform.Thisprescriptivetraditionwastobefollo
6、wedfirstbyLatinscholarsinancientRomeandthenbythescholarsofotherEuropeanlanguages.TheytookuptheLatinframeworkastheonlycorrectwaytoprescribegrammaticalrulesof"correctness".FerdinanddeSaussure(斐迪南·德·索绪尔),Swisslinguist,thefounderofmodernlinguistics.<7、ofGeneralLinguistics>>Itdeclaresthatlinguisticsisdescriptiveandalllanguagesshouldbestudiedonequalterms.Itclaimsthepriorityofthespokenlanguage.TwocomplementaryapproachesoflinguisticstudybySaussure:synchronicVSdiachronicdiachronic→synchronica)nodiachronic8、studyofalanguageispossiblewithoutaseriesofsynchronicstudybeingmadeofthedifferentstagesofthelanguageinitsdevelopment.b)thehistoricaldevelpomentisclearlynotrelevanttoanunderstandingofhowanyofthelatersystemworks.eg:inthestudyofmoder
7、ofGeneralLinguistics>>Itdeclaresthatlinguisticsisdescriptiveandalllanguagesshouldbestudiedonequalterms.Itclaimsthepriorityofthespokenlanguage.TwocomplementaryapproachesoflinguisticstudybySaussure:synchronicVSdiachronicdiachronic→synchronica)nodiachronic
8、studyofalanguageispossiblewithoutaseriesofsynchronicstudybeingmadeofthedifferentstagesofthelanguageinitsdevelopment.b)thehistoricaldevelpomentisclearlynotrelevanttoanunderstandingofhowanyofthelatersystemworks.eg:inthestudyofmoder
此文档下载收益归作者所有