DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Corpus Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Double Articulation
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= scientific study of the natural human language (structure, basic concepts, methods, description) with the goal to describe the language (also the deeper structures, which all languages share) Seeks to solve linguistics problems in the world. = a universal system of human communication, where 2 persons influence each other. = human capacity to express ideas/feelings/thoughts by produced speech sounds/gestures (sign language) uniquely human property . Animals: produce particular behaviour in relation to sound/noises. No physical structured vocal tract, do not learn a language. Langue (=language: system of signs, rules and. =linguistique evolutive (change: dynamic: historical and present, language development. Parole (=speech: speech of individual users, actual use of language. Individual errors (outcome in the moment) = sprechen. =linguistique statique (reality: present state of a language / special moment in time, system & subsystems. Features of human languages: what distinguishes language from other modes of communication: displacement: refer to past & future, distant objects, things that might not exist.
