The English Focus Vividh Pawaskar
LANGUAGE is a system of signs SIGN SIGNIFIED [Concept] SIGNIFIER [Acoustic Image] Relationship Arbitrary
LANGUE What we can do with language [POTENTIAL] PAROLE What we do with language when we speak [PERFORMANCE]
Difference between ENGLISH & other lgs WORD ORDER Subject Verb Object I ate a mango. Subject Object Verb Maine aam khaya.
Difference between ENGLISH & other lgs English: Not Phonetic Psychology (P is silent) Other Lgs: Phonetic
INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
LINGUISTICS is the science of language PHONETICS is the study of sounds SEMIOTICS is the study of meaning
LINGUISTICS SYNCHRONIC Same time DIACHRONIC Through time
GRAMMAR PRESCRIPTIVE Old School DESCRIPTIVE TRANSFORMATIONAL GENERATIVE [TG]
SITUATIONAL APPROACH TEXT CONTEXT
NON-SENSE WORDS
A country girl was walking along the snerd with a roggle of milk on her head‌
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a rsheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas touhght slpeling was ipmorantt.
DEFAMILIARIZATION & FOREGROUNDING
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