Theory, Model, Method
Different but same
Look at these two sentences and say which of the statements below are right:
(a). The Japanese people are intelligent.
(b). The Japs are smart.
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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