As the first week of language came to a close Nayomi and I definetly realised how much work the class entails, I myself filled a good 6 pages of my exercise book and a page and a bit worth of glossary terms - though I do admit those include the terms added dring the holiday homework.
The first point made in the class was that there are 5 subsytems of the English language, meaning the way language is organised, the functions of language and the nature of language can be broken down into 5 parts. These are taken from my notes in my exercise book so I don't know how coherent they'll be, this blog is mainly for revision so it all makes sense to me.
These are:
Also during class we went through the functions of language, there are 6 main functions,
- Communicating information.
- Communicating more complex ideas.
- General communication: interogative (questions/getting info'), imparitve (telling someone to do something), declarative (making a statement).
- Socialism and socialising, e.g. phatic communication (small talk) is used to establish social rapor. Does not necessarily advance conversation but facilitates social cohesion.
- Expressing emotion, e.g. Interjection such as "wow," "ouch," and "oh god."
To summerise, inform, raport, instruction, persuasion, entertainment, play and ceremony.
There are 2 main modes of language, speech and written text.
Gesture and gestural communication is less commen, however, standered sign language are complex, using manual signs rather than writtin or vocal symbols.
Prosodic features: pitch, stress, volume, intonations (tone) and tempo.Paralinguistic features: body language, facial expressions, gesture and eye contact.
Register and the - as I have taken to calling it - Fifty Shades of Formality:
In linguistics a register is a variety of language used for a particular social setting. For example, if an English Language speaker is speaking in a formal setting they may adhere to more formal words ("child" instead of "kid") and refrain from using contractions such as "ain't," than when speaking in an informal manor.
The language you choose to use depends on the situation you are in, and who you are talking to (audience). E.g. the way you speak to a young child when first meeting them will differ from the way you speak if you are caught doing something you're not supposed to by the principal.
We automatically change what we say and the way we say it according to the audience and context we also vary our language depending on whether we are speaking or writing (mode) and why we are communicating (function).
In this blog I use a lot of formal style text as aposed to my personal blog in which I use language in a more conversational style. Hopefully my communication is clear for my readers on either blog to understand what I mean.
Ok, Nayomi will write about anything else we've learned during the week and most likely add the notes she has taken from the homework, I have done the notes from my reading in my book but I think Nayomi's will be a bit more coprehensive so hers will be on the blog.
Untill next time, Rosie.
The first point made in the class was that there are 5 subsytems of the English language, meaning the way language is organised, the functions of language and the nature of language can be broken down into 5 parts. These are taken from my notes in my exercise book so I don't know how coherent they'll be, this blog is mainly for revision so it all makes sense to me.
These are:
- Phonetics and Phonology
-The study of the sounds of language.
- Phonetics: Study of speech sounds that occur in all human languages. (the form).
- Phonology: Functioning of sounds as a part of language system. (function) - Morphology and Lexicology
- The study of the structure of forms of words.
- Morphology: Patterns of word formation, including inflection (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/inflection) and derivation (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/inflection).- Lexicology: Formation, meaning and use if words and of idiomatic (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/idiomatic) combinations of words. - Syntax- Study of rules that govern the way in which words combine to form phrases, clauses and sentances.
- Arrangement of words in a sentance. - Semantics (*arbitrary*)
- The study of the meaning in language.
- Relationship between sign and meaning.
- Message of words sentances and symbols. - Discourse analysis
- The study of the ways in which language is sed in text and context.
- Incorporates method, nature of language and meaning etc.
- Can include things like slips, hesitations, "non-standered" etc. Hypercorrection.
Also during class we went through the functions of language, there are 6 main functions,
- Communicating information.
- Communicating more complex ideas.
- General communication: interogative (questions/getting info'), imparitve (telling someone to do something), declarative (making a statement).
- Socialism and socialising, e.g. phatic communication (small talk) is used to establish social rapor. Does not necessarily advance conversation but facilitates social cohesion.
- Expressing emotion, e.g. Interjection such as "wow," "ouch," and "oh god."
To summerise, inform, raport, instruction, persuasion, entertainment, play and ceremony.
There are 2 main modes of language, speech and written text.
Gesture and gestural communication is less commen, however, standered sign language are complex, using manual signs rather than writtin or vocal symbols.
Prosodic features: pitch, stress, volume, intonations (tone) and tempo.Paralinguistic features: body language, facial expressions, gesture and eye contact.
Register and the - as I have taken to calling it - Fifty Shades of Formality:
In linguistics a register is a variety of language used for a particular social setting. For example, if an English Language speaker is speaking in a formal setting they may adhere to more formal words ("child" instead of "kid") and refrain from using contractions such as "ain't," than when speaking in an informal manor.
The language you choose to use depends on the situation you are in, and who you are talking to (audience). E.g. the way you speak to a young child when first meeting them will differ from the way you speak if you are caught doing something you're not supposed to by the principal.
We automatically change what we say and the way we say it according to the audience and context we also vary our language depending on whether we are speaking or writing (mode) and why we are communicating (function).
In this blog I use a lot of formal style text as aposed to my personal blog in which I use language in a more conversational style. Hopefully my communication is clear for my readers on either blog to understand what I mean.
Ok, Nayomi will write about anything else we've learned during the week and most likely add the notes she has taken from the homework, I have done the notes from my reading in my book but I think Nayomi's will be a bit more coprehensive so hers will be on the blog.
Untill next time, Rosie.
