Universidad Nacional de La Plata © Facultad de Humanidades 7 Clencias de 1s Educacion Departamento de Leuguas y Literatures Moderaas + Gramética Ingiesa J History of Grammatical Study - TP General guidelines: ‘This exercise purports to present a GENERAL background to grammatical study. To do this exercise, you must read and interpret the suggested bibliography, scan the texts for the information you seek in each case, and compose your answers according to what you have understood, Provide brief answers, stating ONLY the points which are relevant to each question. Account for all parts of the question; those answers which do not fully comply with the exercise will not be taken as valid. ‘Try not to be redundant or to include unnecessary details. Use your own words: DO NOT COPY and PASTE! ‘Those TPs which exhibit too much lifting from the sources will be rejected. Work with dictionaries and check grammar and spelling before handing in. 1. When was Comparative Grammar first developed? 2. What is the Indo-European language and why was its postulation important for the study of language? 3. What do you understand by Philology? Why was it relevant for people studying language? 4, What was the importance of linguistic study during Antiquity? What was its contribution? 5. What would you say was the value of linguistic inquiry during Medieval times? 6. How can you characterize the significance of the studies on language during the Renaissance? 7. How would you describe a TRADITIONAL approach to the study of language? 8, What would you say are the characteristics of a PRESCRIPTIVE approach to grammar? 9, Who first introduced the concept of ‘grammatical categories’? 10. In what way did grammatical research contribute during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? 11. Why are de Saussure's teachings compared to a Copernican Revolution? How did his approach to language contribute? What is the actual object of study of linguistics according to him? 12, From de Saussure's point of view, ‘© what is the difference between the syNciRoNic dimension of linguistic study and the DIACHRONIC one? ‘* what is the difference between the concepts of LANGUB and Parous? Ts of analysis of language defined? a nonage= ore FOTOCOP! EWHGH.AR® the two Dimensions of synchronic linguistic study? (CHEWGAGis the contfibution of Franz Boas and Edward Sapir to linguistic study? Falla 43, SF 414. Where do you infer the difference lies between Boas’s and Sapir’s work, on the one hand, and Bloomfield’s on the other? 15. When can we characterize a grammatical approach as DESCRIPTIVE? 16. What is understood as American Structuralism? What is its main concern? 17.1n what way was Descriptive Grammar different from Structuralist Grammar in America? 18. What did the Prague School linguists attempt to explain? What must be included in the description of a language, according to them? 19. What do “SFL” functional linguists understand by: ‘+ the Experiential Metafunction? ‘+ the Interpersonal Metafunction? + the Textual Metafunction? 20. in what terms does Halliday’s FUNCTIONAL approach define the concept of GRAMMAR? 21. In what terms do the Behaviouristic approach, on the one hand, and Generativism, on ‘the other, describe the process of LANGUAGE ACQUISITION? Explain the following concepts: habit formation / poverty of stimulus. 22. In what terms does the Generative approach define the concepts of Grammar and Linguistics? 23.In what terms do the Generative and the different Functional approaches understand the problem of the oniGiN of syNTax, according to: + How children come to organize words in linguistic constructions (sentences)? + How the organization of words in linguistic constructions developed within the overall process of evolution? PROC RCs er tesserae Reece ne et The influence of the study of Phonetics and Phonology on Grammar Linguistics as an independent discipline ‘The grammatical approach used in primary and secondary school here in Argentina ‘The contribution of technological innovations during history to the study of language. Suggested bibliography: + Stamboni, uan Luis [Profesor Adjunto Ordinarlo a cargo de la cétedra de Gramética Inglesa 1, UNL-P] History of Grammatical Study (handout) Grammar and Linguistics (handout) + Radford, Andrew (2004), “Grammar’, in Minimalist Syntax, Exploring the Structure of English. CUP, UK.Ch. 1. + Robins, RH, (1967). A Short History of Linguistics, Chapter 8: “Linguistics in the Present Century.” Bloomington & London, Indiana University Press.Extended bibliography: + Bloomfield, Leonard (1932). Language. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. CChomsiy, Noam (1901). Lectunes.on Government and Binding, Dordrecht, Paris. *+ Chomsky, Noam (1906), Knowledge of Languace. is Nature, Origin. and Use. New York, Praeger. (Chomsky, Noam (1900). Language and Problems of Knowledge, The Managua Lectures, Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press. + Curme, George (1991). A Grammar ofthe English Language. Volume 3: Syntax, US. + DeLancey, Scott (2001). "Lectures on Functional Sytax’, University of Oregon bite //arwapreganedu/~delances/ocahp.teal + De Saussure, Ferdinand (1906-1915) Curso de Lingistica General. usnos Aire, Losade, 1945, 1970 + Garvin Paul L (1969). "Specialty Trends in the Language Sciences. Washington DC, LINCS, ‘+ Halliday, MAX, (1905). An introduction to Functional Grammar, London, Edward Arnold / Hodder & Stoughton + Jespersen, Otto (1909-1981). Essentialsof English Grammar UK, George allen & Unwin, 1968, ‘+ Lin, Chienjer Charles (2002) "The Origin of Syntax” ft tin ‘+ Radford, Andrew (1997) Syntactic Theory And The Structure Of English A Minimalist Approach, UK, CUP. ‘+ Robert King (1969) Historical & Ganerative Grammar. US, Prentice-Hall ‘Robins, R.H, (1967), A Short History of Linguistice Chapter Linguistics in the Present Century,” Bloomington & London, Indiana University Press. ‘Skinner, BF. (1957) Verbal Behaviouz ‘+ Smith, Nei & Deirdre Witson (1979). Modern Linguistics. The Results of Chomsky’s Revolution. UK, Penguin, 1980. + Thompson, Geoff (1996). Intndusing Functional Grammar Bristol, Arnold ‘Zandvoort R. W. (1965) A Handook of English Grammar. Longmans, UK