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INTRODUCTION
Oxford English Dictionary defines language
as “Words and the methods of combining
them for the expression of thoughts”
According to Allen, “Language is a mean of
communicative thoughts.”
According to H.A. Gleason, “Language is one
of the most important and characteristic
forms of human behavior.”
Language change trough time.
Sample of English from period to period.
Old English Nu Herigean Weard
Early Modern English Now praise guardian
Midle English Whan Aprille Shoures
Early Modern English when April Showers
Aspects of
Phonetics Morphology Study of language
Vocabulary
Phonology Syntax meaning beyond the
sentence
1. The detailed study of the different
branches of specialization, for example,
phonetics or syntax.
2. The study of language as a whole in order
to discover how the different parts of
language interact.
BEFORE EXPLAINING SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, LET’S SEE SOME
PHENOMENA IN THE PAST.
For linguistic system builders:
1. Is language studied abstractly without taking into account the context, the topics and the
speakers/listeners?
2. How to relate different aspects of language (phonology, grammar, semantics, lexis, etc)?
PROBLEMS IN TEACHING LANGUAGE CONTEXT:
Unit Class
Structure System
TRANSFORMATIONAL Noam Chomsky
GENERATIVE GRAMMAR
Surface Structure
Deep Structure
VS.
TRANSFORMATIONAL
GENERATIVE GRAMMAR STRUCTURALISM