Language and linguistics

Август 2, 2022

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2. Contents: Language and Linguistics 1.1.Language and its definition; 1.2. Linguistics and its definition; 1.3.Branches of Linguistics;
3. Language the most important means of human communication convey and exchange information (informative function) prompt actions
4. Linguistics “Linguistics is concerned with the lexical and grammatical categories of individual languages." (Peter Matthews, The
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Contents:
Language and Linguistics
1.1.Language and its definition;
1.2. Linguistics and its definition;
1.3.Branches of

Linguistics;
1.4.

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Language
the most important means of human communication
convey and exchange information (informative

function)

prompt actions (appellative function)

commit oneself to do something (obligatory function)

open, hold and end social contact (contact function

convey and exchange artistic/ aesthetic creations (poetic function)

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Linguistics
“Linguistics is concerned with the lexical and grammatical categories of individual

languages." (Peter Matthews, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford University Press, 2005)

"Linguistics can be defined as the systematic inquiry into human”. (Edward Finegan, Language: Its Structure and Use, 6th ed. Wadsworth, 2012)

"Linguistics is concerned with human language” (Robert Henry Robins, General Linguistics: An Introductory Survey, 4th ed. Longmans, 1989)