Introduction to Linguistic

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Is defined as linguist communication, speech communication, cognitive ability, and culture based

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Language

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As speech communication, language is about the production and reception of sounds

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Verbal communication

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Language as a cognitive ability is professed as an instrument of thinking, where language mirrors the mind.

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Mental process

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Perceived as sets of signs and a system of symbols grounded on pure arbitrary concords.

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Linguistic communication

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The arrangement of these words in the sentence is systematic, which means that you cannot rearrange these words unless the meaning remains

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Syntax / syntactic

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Language is a means of communicating the culture of a particular community or members of society

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Culture-shaped

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He write this quote “ It is time to return to viewing language as cultural because language is a social institution “

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Saussure (1916)

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Give the language views

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Structuralists
Transformationalists
Functionalists
Interactionists

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Believe that language is a structured system of components, an idea with a specific framework.

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Structuralists

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The__ assert that learning language is putting all the pieces together because they are interrelated.

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Structuralists

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Language is a generative and creative process

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Transformationalists

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Viewed language as an instrument for communication and a vehicle for expression

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Functionalists

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He confirmed that language potentially creates not only meaning but also society, which is fully achieved when it is used in functional communication

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Michael Halliday (2018)

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Viewed language as a product of a human desire to communicate with another and acquire language which one desires to learn

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Interactionists

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According to him language is developed through social interaction

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Vygotsky (1962)

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Language basic Constitution is described in ___, give the 8 description

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1Learned
2 Related to the culture of society
3 Species-specific, uniformed and unique to human
4 Sysmtem
5 Vocal
6 Skill subject
7 Means for communication
8 Arbitrary

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Language is something that is learned through exposure and practice

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Language as something learnt

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language reflects and shapes culture, influencing how we think and relate to each other.

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Language as related to the culture of society

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The ability to use and respond to language is genetically inherited by humans

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Language as species-specific, uniformed, and unique to humans

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Only human beings are capable of acquiring language, set in the right environment

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Language as species-specific, uniformed, and unique to humans

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According to him humam brains is different from animals

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Chomsky (1975)

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It needs analysis, it’s is a system of sounds and symbol

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Language as a system

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Language is vocal. Speech is the fundamental expression of language

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Language as vocal

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Learning a language is acquiring skills

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Language as a skill subject

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Give the 5 macro skills

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Listening Viewing Speaking Reading Writing

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Is the ability to understand information represented in word and sentence either through visual or auditory

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Receptive skill

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Is the facility to put forth sensible ideas into visual and acoustic symbol such as writing and speaking with accurate grammatical representation

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Expressive language skill

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Branded as a process of conveying and exchanging messages from person to person using a medium mostly done for the society to function cohesively

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Language as a means for communication

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Language is __ in the sense that language meaning existed as they are

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Language as arbitrary

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It is the silent pact that each generation transmit to the next

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Conventional and Non-instinctive

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Language is ___ since none is born with the spontaneity to speak any language

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Conversational and Non-instinctive

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Language evolves as a means of adapting to the demands of the people who use it

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Productivity and Creativity

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Meaningless sound combined according to rules to form meaningful words

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Duality

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Narrating events and situation, without actually living them at the moment.

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Displacement

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No species other than humans are gifted with language

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Humanness

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A Linguistic universal is a systematic occurrence of the linguistic patterns across national languages.

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Universality