A linguist is interested in what is said, not what he thinks ought to be said. He describes language in all its aspects, but does not prescribe rules of correctness He does not believe that there Is some

Important Concepts(2) Langue Parole 2. Competence Performance 12 3. Synchronic Vs diachronic 4. Etic vs. Emic

I. The Definition of language II. Design Features of language III. Functions of language

A Common Linguistic Phenomenon Ambigu IUMBLEWEEDS

1. Parsing This boy can solve the problem This boy can solve the problem

Hyponymy dog means the collection of all dogs mammal means the collection of all mammals X is hyponym of Y the meaning of is contained in the meaning of Y

Linguistic Meaning The meaning of linguistic items. (linguistic item= anything, from word, to a grammatical morpheme or a combination of words). Different from personal/social/ cultural meanings

Psycholinguistic division of language PCHQ-LINGUISTS Comprehension reading listening words Visual/

Language as an interface Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more resistant than architecture. but also simpler and easier. Victor hugo

Do speakers of languages think differently? Do the differences in thought stem from the linguistic diferences e or, are the diferences in thought due to cultural Inon-linguisic) infuences?