language enables us to express our
thoughts
ideas and feelings to others and also to
understand their
linguistics is the scientific study of
this
reach and varied human ability it seeks
among others to answer a number of
fundamental questions
for example what is
the nature of language and then of
course
in this the lecture what is linguistics
and finally why should one study
linguistics
in this introductory
the lecture we first define the term
language
and then discuss the major branches of
linguistics since in most cases
linguistics is a new subject to students
a number of %uh speaks in favor of
studying linguistics
will also be included let's look at
language first here is a definition
of language that contains a number of
keywords
that allow us to approach the topic in a
suitable way
language is the institution where by
humans communicate in
interact with each other by means of a
bit chilly used
all auditory arbitrary symbols published
by
Richard Hall in 1968 let's look at these
keywords:
in more detail language is confined
to humans you
animal certainly communicate with one
another
however all animal communication systems
lack the ability to communicate about
anything beyond the here and now and
they do not allow
novel messages to be produced and
understood so languages confined
to humans in the strict sense let's move
on
to the next keyword communication
interaction certainly animals
communicated interact
yet the communication system humans
youth
is certainly more complex than that of
animals just look at the
examples of animal communication in the
we'll see the learning unit language and
linguistics well
next language is used
habitually people use language
everywhere every day usually with little
cognitive effort words and sentences
seem to flow out of the mouth in a
subconscious
almost automatic way or do you normally
think about each word you up to look at
this man
these words just flow out of his mouth
for the mall
language is used all
auditory the all auditory channel
that is communication via the mouth and
the ear
is the most important mold of human
communication and
English has reserved a special label for
it
namely speech finally
language
makes use all arbitrary symbols there is
no obvious relationship
between the linguistic sign that he's
the word on the cell shape
and the object in the real world saw
here we have the object table
now why is it
table in English fish in German
something else in Chinese stole in