Theory, Model, Method
Sequences of sounds
Are the sound sequences in examples a) to d) below possible sequences of English, German, of English and German or are they impossible in both languages?
General Linguistics
- Theory, Model, Method
- Focus and content
- Exercises
- Why study linguistics
- Sequences of sounds
- What is language
- Language differences and conceptualisation
- System of communication
- Language study
- Animal communication
- Properties of human language
- General terms
- What is grammar
- Meanings of the word grammar
- Prescriptive and descriptive grammars
- Social dimension of language
- Different but same
- Basic Terminology: Linguistic Theories and Models
- Attribute levels of adequacy
- Scientific Standards of Theories
- From Data to Hypotheses
- Basic Terminology
- Activity: Elicitation of Responses
- Research exercise: Experimental Linguistics
- Classic Corpus Analysis: Discovery Procedures
- Distinctions longitudinal versus cross-sectional and qualitative versus quantitative
- Distinctions Qualitative versus Quantitative
- Tools and extras
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Semantics
- Pragmatics