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LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
( FROM COOK, G. Applied Linguistics. Oxford: OUP, 2003. cap. 5, pag 40-48)
Conceptualizing the idea of knowing a language well
depends on the perspective of the person beingasked
Traditional grammar-translation teaching
knowingthe rules and being able to use them were the samething.
speed of use;
understanding the point but not being able torespond;
stilted or old-fashioned style;
lack of knowledge of body/facial signals;
failing to understand the non-literal use of language.
Prof. Rogério Azeredo1
Learning the formal systems of language is auseful step towards a later deployment of such rules.
Chomsky: human capacity for languages isnot a product of general intelligence or learning ability but an innate, geneticallydetermined feature of the human species
Universal Grammar (UG)
Chomsky and AL
LA is something morebiological than social( reductive andconstraining effect on the very core of AL)
COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
(DellHymes, late 1960s)
only linguistic
Prof. Rogério Azeredo2
Possibility
: what is formally possible in thelanguage.“Me go sleep now” x “I’m going to sleep now”
Feasibility
: limitations to what can beprocessed by the mind
accessibility of information.
The cheese the rat the cat the dog the man
beat saw chased ate was green.
Appropriateness:
conformity to socialconventions.
Calling a police officer “darling”/using slang or taboowords in a formal letter/answering a cell phone duringa funeral/ not showing respect to an elderly
Prof. Rogério Azeredo3
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