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Language Preview . Chapter 1. Human Language Specialization. Origin of Language: Theories . Divine Gift Monogenetic theory Human Invention Echoic (imitative) Cries of nature Rhythmical grunts Love songs Evolution of Linguistic Capacity Anatomical Neurological . Creative System. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Language Preview
Chapter 1
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Human Language SpecializationOrgan Survival SpeechLungs Exchange CO2 for
O2 Air flow
Vocal Cords Cover tube to lungs Vibration
Tongue Move food in mouth
Articulation (C & V)
Teeth Chew food Articulation (C)
Lips Seal oral cavity Articulation (C & V)
Nose Breathing Nasal resonance
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Origin of Language: Theories Divine Gift
Monogenetic theory Human Invention
Echoic (imitative) Cries of nature Rhythmical grunts Love songs
Evolution of Linguistic Capacity Anatomical Neurological
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Creative System Infinity of language
Grammar Pull the boat onto the beach ______ the boat
Word formation New word: “Soleme” Having the properties of Soleme =
“_______” Created in the process of “_____________”
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Infiniteness Human language makes infinite
use of finite means.
The pink dog wanted a red balloon.
?Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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Recursive Rules This is the house that Jack built. This is the cheese that sat in the
house… This is the rat that ate the cheese that… This is that cat that killed the rat that… This is the dog that chased the cat…
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Key Point Speakers of any language can
understand and produce sentences they’ve never heard before.
You tell me… a sentence you’ve never heard before
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Ambiguity The man saw the fish with binoculars.
You tell me… John yelled “Duck”…
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Grammatical or not…? The fish is swimming. *Fish the swimming is. ?Swimming is the fish. *The fishing is swim.
He saw two dogs. *He saw twos dog.
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Japanese watashi-wa inu-ga mimashita
I (subject) dog (object) saw(I saw a dog)
*mimashita inu-ga watashi-wa (saw) dog (object) I (subject)
watashi-ga inu-wa mimashita I (object) dog (subject) saw(A dog saw me)
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Grammatical or Not? John kissed the little old lady who
owned the shaggy dog. Who owned the shaggy dog John
kissed the little old lady.
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Grammatical or Not? John is difficult to love. It is difficult to love John.
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Grammatical or Not? John is anxious to go. It is anxious to go John.
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You Tell Me
Grammatical/ungrammatical pairs
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Linguistic Competence Internal/Innate grammar
Phonetics Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics
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Linguistic Competency Sound System
Phonetics Phonology
Words Form + meaning ≈ Arbitrary
relationship Sound Symbolism onomatopoeia
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Competence vs. Performance Linguistic Competence
Knowing Mental grammar
Linguistic Performance Doing
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Grammatical Principles Generality Parity Universality Mutability Inaccessibility
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Grammatical or Ungrammatical?
He ain’t got none.
For Descriptive Linguistics: “Ungrammatical” means a native speaker would not have a reasonable expectation that the intended message will be understood
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On final prepositions…
It is a rule up with which we should not put.
- Winston Churchill
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Prove or Disprove… Language is systematic and rule-governed. Language is generative (has creative potential). Language is a set of arbitrary symbols. The symbols have conventionalized meanings The symbols are primarily vocal. Language is essentially human. Language is used for communication. Language operates in a speech community or culture. Language is acquired by all people in much the same
way; language acquisition and language learning both have universal characteristics.
Language changes.
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Grammar“the system of operations for creating an indefinite number of sentences out of a finite number of elements”
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Components of Grammar phonetic system
the sounds of the language phonological system
the sound patterns of the language lexical system
the words or vocabulary of the language morphological system
the patterns of word formation of language syntactic system
the structure of sentences of the language semantic system
the meanings of words and sentences of the language pragmatic system
how the language is used in the context of spoken discourse
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Two Views of Language Noam Chomsky
Focus on ideal situation Homogeneous speech community Competence = performance
Dell Hymes Focus on real people
Speech community is critical Competence ≠ Performance
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Noam Chomsky “Linguistic theory is concerned primarily
with an ideal speaker-listener, in a completely homogeneous speech-
community, who knows its language perfectly and is unaffected by such
grammatically irrelevant conditions as memory limitation, distractions, shifts of
attention and interest, and errors in applying his [/her] knowledge of the
language in actual performance.”
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Dell Hymes“A child from whom any and all of the grammatical
sequences of a language might come with equal likelihood would be, of course, a social monster. Within
the social matrix in which it acquires a system of grammar, a child acquires also a system of its use
regarding persons, places, purposes, other modes of communication, etc.--all the components of the
communicative events, together with attitudes and beliefs regarding them. There also develop patterns of
the sequential use of language in conversation, address, standard routines, and the like. In such acquisition
resides the child’s sociolinguistic competence (or more broadly, communicative competence), its ability to
participate in its society as not only a speaking but also a communicating member.”
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You tell me… If you had to choose between
Chomsky & Hymes’ approaches, who would you support?
Is there a value in combining &/or balancing the two approaches?
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Teaching Grammar Prestige dialect… Second language instruction…
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For “tomorrow” Exercises
1-6 – All (they’re easy)
Read Chapter 2
Bring a small hand mirror to class