UNIT 01
“AN OVERVIEW OF LANGUAGE”
“UNIT ONE”
*Exercise I:
-Below there are some common words related to language variety. Match them with their corresponding definitions on the left. Use your dictionary if necessary:
-Below there are some common words related to language variety. Match them with their corresponding definitions on the left. Use your dictionary if necessary:
ANSWER: 1....D...2...A...3...B...4...E...5....F...6...C...
A) Answer the
following questions about socio Linguistics.
I) True or false?
If sentence is false, provide the correct answer.
1) Anthropological
linguists are interested in how the language is used in various social contexts….T…
2)
Sociolinguistics derived from Hymes and Skinner´s previous work….F…
3) Chomsky
proposed the study of linguistic competence….T…
4) The terms
competence and performance were created by Dell Hymes…T…
II) Answer the
following questions.
They are Bright, Ferguson, Fishman, Gumperz, Haugen and
Hymes
2)
What
is communicative competence?
It is a term is linguistic refers to a language user´s
grammatical knowledge of syntax, phonology, etc.
It is descriptive study of the effect of any and all
aspects of society
4)
Which
aspects of the communicative events were proposed by hymes?
Hymes proposed that the real object of linguistic
research should the study of communicative competence.
*Read them carefully and provide you answers
1. It traces the evolution of romance languages from the original Latin.
2. It is the scientific study of language.
-Linguistic
3. This branch of linguistic deal with connotative and denotative word meanings.
-Semantic
4. It refers to the comparison of two or more languages to identify the similarities and differences between them.
-Contrastive linguistic
5. It describes the phonemes of a language and their variant (allophones)
Morphology
6. These words show an earlier relationship between different languages.
-Latin
7. These morphemes create new words.
Allophones
8. This branch of linguistics deals with word combinations to form well-structured sentences.
Syntax
*Describe the Picture Below
*Read them carefully and provide you answers
1. It traces the evolution of romance languages from the original Latin.
2. It is the scientific study of language.
-Linguistic
3. This branch of linguistic deal with connotative and denotative word meanings.
-Semantic
4. It refers to the comparison of two or more languages to identify the similarities and differences between them.
-Contrastive linguistic
5. It describes the phonemes of a language and their variant (allophones)
Morphology
6. These words show an earlier relationship between different languages.
-Latin
7. These morphemes create new words.
Allophones
8. This branch of linguistics deals with word combinations to form well-structured sentences.
Syntax
*Describe the Picture Below
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