This split characterisation of the discipline of linguistics can be explained by the fact that linguistics does not fit neatly into the distinction between the natural sciences and the humanities: while e.g. the physiological organisms which form the basis for language production can be studied with...
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4. Is modern linguistics mainly synchronic or diachronic? Why? 答:In modem linguistics, a synchronic approach seems to enjoy priority over a diachronic one. Because people believed that unless the various states of a language in different historical periods are successfully studied, it would be dif...
who had been influenced by the Polish anthropologist Malinowski and the German philosopher Wittgenstein.It holds that meaning should be studied in terms of situation, use, context-elements closely linked with language behavior. …the meaning of a word is its use in the language. 4)Behaviourism行为...
source language, long ago. That is, maybe they’re genetically related. That was what happened with Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek.These languages had so many similarities that it was concluded that they must have all come from the same source.And, talk about important discoveries in linguistics!
Linguists who succeeded him continued this work and studied the evolution of world languages and arranged them into ‘trees’ that map out their history and relationships. In this method, languages that are evolutionarily closer and have the same ancestor are grouped under one family. ...
Corpus linguistics is the study of language using real-life examples. The difference between corpus linguistics and other...
In modern linguistics, the linguists seem to give priority to synchronic studies other than diachronic ones. Because it is believed that unless the various states of a language in different historical periods are successfully studied, it would be difficult to describe the changes that have taken pla...
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