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Working withLanguage

An interactive guide to understandinglanguage and linguistics

Supplementary course materials for ISAL 520 / ENGL 351 / INAL 300 / INCS 310

2005 edition

Dr. Peter J. SilzerSIL at Biola

Department of TESOL and Applied LinguisticsSchool of Intercultural Studies

Biola University

These notes are written for classroom purposes only.

Copyright © Peter J. Silzer 2005

Scripture verses are from the

HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.

Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society

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Table of contents

1 Preface..........................................................................................................................9

Introduction .............................................................................................................................9

Study questions........................................................................................................................9

Lecture notes..........................................................................................................................10

Key points...............................................................................................................................11

References...............................................................................................................................12

Additional materials..............................................................................................................12

Materials for further study...................................................................................................12

2 Language in the Bible................................................................................................19

Study questions......................................................................................................................19

Introduction ...........................................................................................................................19

Language, God and man.......................................................................................................20

How God uses language ........................................................................................................21

How people use language......................................................................................................22

How God wants people to use language...............................................................................23

Human languages and God’s Word.....................................................................................24

Pike’s axioms on language and the Bible.............................................................................26

Key points...............................................................................................................................26

3 What is language?......................................................................................................27

Study questions......................................................................................................................27

Introduction ...........................................................................................................................27

Language: a definition ..........................................................................................................28

Language: four distinctive characteristics ..........................................................................29

Language: eleven functions...................................................................................................30

Language: a model ................................................................................................................33

Linguistic knowledge or competence...................................................................................34

Locating language in the brain.............................................................................................34

Key points...............................................................................................................................35

4 Language and culture................................................................................................37

Study questions......................................................................................................................37

Introduction ...........................................................................................................................37

Does Our Language Determine Our Culture?....................................................................38

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