Test Q Flashcards
1
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How to compare languages?
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- Selection of frameworks
Listing similarities and differences between the linguistic systems being compared and contrasted.
2
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How many frameworks we have?
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- Traditional Grammar
- Structural Linguistics
- Transformational Generative Gr
3
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Define Traditional Gr?
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Defines language as a set of parts of speech and their function.
Nouns/ verbs/ adj./ adv./ prep. Etc.
4
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Define Structural Linguistics?
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Language is a set of structures such as: Negative/positive question/active/passive/
conditional/ direct/indirect speech
*Surface phenomena
5
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Define Transformational Gen. Gr.? need R
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Transformational Gen. Gr.
Deep structure
Surface structure
FOCUS on similarities
Transformations
FOCUS on what a human language is.
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