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earliest linguistic texts written in cuneiform

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babylonian tradition

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had its origin in the first millennium BC and was simulated by changes in sanskrit

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hindu tradition

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origins of the languages and parts of the system speech

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greek linguistics

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entered the academy plato established

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aristotle

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his contributions was demythologized language

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aristotle

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he explained the semiotic triangle and theory of truth

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aristotle

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language is human’s expression of thoughts that are purposefully connected to elements in this world

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semiotic triangle

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properties of either thoughts and sentences are truth and falsity

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theory of truth

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professor of poetry and prebend of durham and bishop of saint david and london

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robert lowth

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published his book “short introduction to english grammar”

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robert lowth

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one of the fee grammarians to publish writing about what is right and wrong in english grammar

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robert lowth

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phonetics and phonology are dominant in early linguistics

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modern linguistics

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published his views on language in descent of man

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charles darwin

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he went to emphasize the similarities between animal and human communication

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charles darwin

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he also drew an extended analogy between the evolution of language and species

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charles darwin

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one of the leading figures in phonetics

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henry sweet

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human language evolves through a modification process where major languages gave birth yo new languages similar to biological species develop their language

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darwinian perspective

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18
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idea that change over time

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evolution

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19
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able to survive in their environment

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natural selection

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better physically equipped to survive, grow to maturity, and reproduce

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natural selection

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21
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evolutionary is marked by isolated episodes

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multiplication species

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swiss linguist and interested in language in a very young age

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fredinand de saussure

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learned french, english, greek, and latin at the age of 15

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ferdinand de saussure

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one of the pillars of linguistics in 20th century

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ferdinand de saussure

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co founder of semiotics and structuralism

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ferdinand de saussure

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26
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maintained the difference between langue and parole

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structuralism

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27
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father of modern linguistics

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avram noah chomsky

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introduced universal grammar and suggested that human gas an ability to learn grammar because the brain has a language acquisition device or LAD

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avram noah chomsky

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he believe that language structures are already wired into the human brain at birth

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avram noam chomsky

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30
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he rejected bloomfieldian structuralism

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avram noam chomsky

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31
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a formal system making explicit the mechanisms

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generative grammar

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32
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was developed from the late 1960’s by simon dik a dutch linguist

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functional linguistics

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33
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opposes chomskian linguistics

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functional linguistics and simon dik

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34
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two theories of functional grammar

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cognitive grammar
construction grammar

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35
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emergence over time of grammatical categories and structures

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west coast functional grammar

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refers to the process by which a language evolves over time, resulting in differences in its pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and usage from one generation to the next

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language change

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changes in a language’s sound that alter the word pronunciation and refers to ant alterations in the language’s phonological or phonetic structure

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sound changes

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changes in a language’s vocabulary or the words in a language. ex: borrowed words

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lexical changes

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changes in the meanings of words over time. ex: use of the metaphorical extension

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semantic changes

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changes in s language’s syntax structure

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syntactic changes

41
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named after jacob grimm

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grimm’s law

42
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a set describing how the sounds of consonants shifted and developed

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grimm’s law

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series of changes in english pronunciation that occurred predominantly between 1400 and 1700

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great vowel shift

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a sub field of linguistics concerned with studying languages’ history and development

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philology

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a person who studies the history of languages

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philologist

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the ancestor or great grandmother of all the languages used in the Indian subcontinent and europe.

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proto-indo-european or PIE

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proto is from yhe greek word “protos” which means

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first or original

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he discovered the Indo European Family of Languages and he discovered it by noticing the resemblance of the languages

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william jones

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this branch mainly dominated the Europe

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western branch

50
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original form is proto germanic language and divided into 3 groups namely west, north and east

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germanic languages

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only existing language is greek language

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hellenic languages

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smallest unit of languages in western branch and originated in central europe

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Celtic languages

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center of this sub group is italy

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italic languages

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language mainly dominated the asia, particularly on indian subcontinent

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eastern branch.

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a hypothetical group of languages comprising of two

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balto-slavic languages

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in 21st century this languages were spoken by almost one billion individuals residing in southwestern and southern asia

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indo iranian languages

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sanskrit, hindi and bengalis is what part of languages

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indian languages

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iranian and persian is what part of languages

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iranian languages

59
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also called as the anglo saxon and ancestor of middle english and modern english and mostly written in latin

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old english

60
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name of the first ever stage of the english language

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anglo saxon

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450 AD - 1066 AD

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old english

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were a cultural group composed of 3 germanic tribes which are angles, saxons, and jutes

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anglo saxons

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before this era started, we had a language that is most likely an old germanic in its character, sounds, spellings, grammar and vocabulary

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middle english

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1150 CE - 1450 CE

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middle english

65
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was influenced by latin and germanic

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old english

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was influenced by old french

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middle english

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1500 - present and emerged at the same time with the invention of printing press

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modern english period

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pronunciation, grammar and spelling remained largely unchanged

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late modern english

69
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3 main types of dialect

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Regional dialect
social dialect
standard dialect

70
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3 types of network

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dense
loose
multiplex

71
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adoption of words from a source language into their native language

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linguistic borrowing

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when speakers of two or more languages interact and influences each other

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language contact

73
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5 types of linguistics borrwoing

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loanword
loan translation
loan rendition
loan blend
semantic loan or loan shift

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borrowing of both word & definition

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loan word

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word-per-word translation from both parts lending compound

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loan translation

76
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translation vaguely captures the original meaning

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loan rendition

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one part of the compound is borrowed; another one is translated

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loan blend

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only the meaning is borrowed, not the word.

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semantic loan or loan shift

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a variety of language that is a characteristics of a particular group of the language speakers and is spoken not written

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dialect

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smaller and more specific and often regional

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dialect

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use of more than 1 language by a speaker within an intercourse w/ others

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code switching

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word from one language is adopted for use in another

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borrowing

83
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change from the use of 1 language to use another language

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language shift

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contact language that is developed in a situation where speakers of diff language needs a certain language to communicate

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pidgins

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a complete language used in a community and acquired by children as their native language

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creole

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a group of people who share the same language, speech characteristics, and way of interpreting communication

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speech community

87
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A subgroup variety of a language with a particular geographical area is called

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regional dialect

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The social boundaries that give rise to dialect variation are numerous.They may be based on socioeconomic status,religious,ethnic, or racial differences, country of origin, and even gender.

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social dialect

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An idealized variety of a language that is considered the dominant or prestige variety within a language.It is the version of a language that is held by prescriptive grammarians and language purists as correct.

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standard dialect

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