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1
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What is linguistics?

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the scientific study of language

2
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linguistics is descriptive or prescriptive?

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descriptive ( it describes language structures and usage )

3
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field of linguistics

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1) Phonetics
2) Phonology
3) Morphology
4) Syntax
5) Semantics
6) Pragmatics
7) Sociolinguistics
8) Psycholinguistics
9) Applied Linguistics

4
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What is phonetics?

A

How sounds are produced.

5
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What is Phonology?

A

The patterns of sounds.

6
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Morphology

A

Word structure.

7
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Syntax

A

the structure of sentences.

8
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Semantics

A

meaning of words and sentences.

9
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Pragmatics

A

meaning in context

10
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Sociolinguistics

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Language and Society

11
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Psycholinguistics

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Language and the brain.

12
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Applied Linguistics

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Language teaching.

13
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Features of human language

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1) Displacement
2) Arbitrariness
3) Productivity
4) Cultural transmission
5) Discreteness
6) Duality

14
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Word Classes are…

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NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB

15
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how to identify word classes?

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1) Identification frames

2) Criteria

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Identification frames (1)

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Noun: (The) …….. may be good.

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Identification Frames (2)

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Verb: We can usually …….. (it).

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Identification frames (3)

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Adjective: This thing is very ……..

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Identification frames (4)

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We can do it ……….

20
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Criteria for Word Classes (1)

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Notional : meaning

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Criteria for Word Classes (2)

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Morphological: Suffixes

22
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Distributional (3)

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What precedes it