Linguistics+Intro

Introduction to Linguistics
=Brief Overview= Linguistics is the scientific study of natural language. Someone who engages in this study is called a linguist.
 * **Boxing Pre-Assessment** ||
 * Step 1: Individually, draw a large box; then, draw a smaller box inside the large one.
 * In the outside box, write what you know about linguistics
 * In the inside box, answer, what do I want to learn? ||
 * Step 2: With partner, share what you know and what you want to learn.
 * Revisit the outside box and write what you have just learned about linguistics and how it all fits
 * Revisit the inside box and record one more thing you want to learn ||
 * Step 3: As a group, summarize your knowledge. ||


 * Branches of linguistics:**
 * Theoretical linguistics
 * The fields that are generally considered the core of theoretical linguistics are syntax, phonology, morphology, and semantics
 * Applied linguistics
 * An interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems.
 * Major branches include bilingualism and multilingualism, conversation analysis, contrastive linguistics, sign linguistics, language assessment, literacies, discourse analysis, language pedagogy, second language acquisition, lexicography, stylistics, and pragmatics.
 * Basic concepts**
 * Morphology morpheme, inflection, paradigm, declension, derivation, compound


 * Phonology phoneme, allophone, segment, syllable, stress, tone


 * Grammar tense, aspect, mood and modality, grammatical number, grammatical gender, case


 * Syntax phrase, clause, grammatical function, grammatical voice


 * Lexicology word, lexeme, lemma, lexicon, vocabulary, terminology


 * Semantics meaning, sense, entailment, truth condition, compositionality


 * Pragmatics presupposition, implicature, deixis

Linguistics Intro Spicy Node

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 * Timeline of the attempts to make English the official language of the United States || [|The National Language Act] ||